You should join Mount Olive because you would be joining a fellowship of those who believe in the promise of God. Mount Olive was formed to resist the limitation set by white society on the Black Men and Women who sought a closer walk with God. They wanted to know the Word of God. They wanted to hear the “God News.” They needed to understand that they were created in the image of God, too. When society was saying, you are a second-class citizen, one-fifth of a human being, the founders of Mount Olive AME Church were building a legacy that stands more than a one hundred years later. A legacy of community organizing. A legacy of educating black men, women, and children. A legacy of giving back to the society that made them who they are. Proud Black People who have learned to say, “We ought to obey God rather than men.” Mount Olive was started as a house church, before black men and women could build their own Church. It doesn’t seem like a big deal right now. But when you consider homeownership in the black community is down. Or successful black businesses are not readily apparent here in Annapolis. We come to realize that our legacy is the passing of the baton.