Membership
Membership is about choosing to belong to a local church for the purposes of commitment to love, service and growth. It is taking a step into a higher commitment to God, to the other people at Lake Hills,and to your own spiritual growth.
We offer a Membership Discovery class 2 – 3 times each year. We take an in-depth look at our beliefs, vision, values, structure and strategy. This is a no-pressure look at membership to determine if you would like to join Lake Hills Community Church. You will receive a handbook of all that we discuss. You can review it and then let us know if and when you decide to join.
If you are interested, simply mark it on your Connection Card which is available in our bulletin at each service. You can also let us know via the Comments section below.
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The Cost of Not Belonging
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Membership was a much more serious thing in the early church than most people realize, and certainly much less casual than it is today.
1. Theirs was a commitment that may cost them their lives.
2. Paul teaches in scripture that to be out of membership, is to be out from under spiritual
protection and open to spiritual harrassments and attacks.
3. It communicates to others your feeling about making a commitment to the church.
4. You begin or perpetuate a pattern of not applying spiritual reality into practical
application. (Loving people in “the abstract” and not in “the concrete”)
5. You cannot affect the long-range planning or ministries of the congregation.
Church membership communicates to the leadership of the church a person’s level of commitment. A covenant is a two-way street; just like God’s covenant with us, so is our covenant with each other. When membership is offered and one chooses not to enter that covenant commitment, than neither does the church have a covenant commitment to that person.
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The Cost of Belonging
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For many, the cost is not consistent with our central focus… the cross and a sacrificial
death and life. By its very nature, it must be costly. (Perceived value) “Many of
today’s seekers are dissatisfied with church membership, not because we demand too
much, but rather that our demands are too small.” (Elton Trueblood)
For the follower of Christ, our goal is to bring all of life’s commitments and obligations
under one master commitment to Christ and His people. Membership should call us to
a threefold commitment:
1. commitment to Jesus Christ as both Savior and Lord
2. commitment to a community of His people with whom we identify here on Earth
3. commitment to the work He calls us to accomplish in the world
It is our hope that you will join a local church in a commitment to Christ, to His people and to His ministry and mission in the world.