Whenever I bring up our third core value, I am often met by a number of different responses. You see, many of our core values are relatively self-explanatory. While it is important for me to fill out exactly what I mean with each core value, there is usually some common starting place to begin.  Not so with this third core value: church membership! I have found that there are just about as many different ideas that come to mind about church membership as there are people. Some people see it as something restrictive. Something all about rules and punishment. Some people see it as something that needs to happen very quickly – as soon as they begin to become a regular attender. Some people have