We wish we could capture all of what needs to be said in a video like this. While this video captures how the One Fund demonstrates can help in this crisis, there is a very important factor that is missing and must not be misconstrued.

The African American Church in our country has persevered, beyond wonder, throughout our national history. We must not come away from this video thinking, not even for a moment, that African American Churches would not survive without us. They have been historically incredibly resilient and remain so to this day. By the grace and power of God and the sacrificial and relentless determination of our brothers and sisters in Christ, the African American Church has not just survived in our country, but thrived through centuries of oppression, marginalization, persecution, disenfranchisement, and injustice.

Their contributions of robust theology and societal wisdom have for too long gone unnoticed, unobserved, unseen, unheard and unheeded by the larger Church body in America, namely, White evangelical churches, seminaries, and ministries. This has diminished and compartmentalized what could have been a more holistic understanding of the Gospel and the Scriptures as disciples of Jesus Christ as we aim to advance the Kingdom of God.

Yes, the One Fund will help in this crisis that we are all facing and knowing the weight of its effects is bearing down unequally on our African American brothers and sisters in the Body of Christ. But the One Fund is more, so much more!
The One Fund is about recognizing and proclaiming from every corner, from every basement, from every sanctuary, and every rooftop of the Church, that we are One Body, following One Spirit, called to One Hope, to serve One Lord, to live One Faith, share One Baptism, and praise One God and Father of all, who is over all and in all!

We are proclaiming and declaring today that we are indeed One Church! We confess that when one part suffers, every part suffers! The One Fund is our way of standing up, on this day, in this time, to proudly and uncompromisingly demonstrate our sincerity, not just in words or tongue, but action and truth!
To our African American brothers and sisters, may we be more and more unified in our affections, our conscience and our wills, may the sincerity of our love be tested by our earnestness to share generously in this time of need, and may our God receive all of the glory and honor!