JOIN OAK HILL

Why Membership?

We believe that membership is essential to living out the demands of a true New Testament church. If the church is a building, then we must be bricks in it; if the church is a body, then we are its members. Sheep are always found in a flock, and branches on a vine.

Church membership provides an opportunity to grasp hold of each other in responsibility and love. By identifying ourselves with a particular church, we let the pastors and other members of that local church know that we intend to be committed in attendance, giving, prayer, and service. Joining a church increases our sense of ownership of the work of the church, of its community, of its budget, of its goals. We move from being pampered consumers to becoming joyous proprietors.

Joining a particuar local church is an outward reflection of an inward love - for Christ and His people. We read in Ephesians 5:25 that "Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her." If we are Christ's followers, we too will love the church that He gave Himself up for.