When I attended the annual conference of Peacemaker Ministires in 2003, I was very impressed with the keynote speaker Mark Dever, a Washington D. C. pastor and founder of a ministry called 9 Marks. Basically 9 Marks is about teaching nine marks of a healthy, Biblically functioning church. I invite you to visit their site and look at mark number 6, a Biblical understanding of church membership. Do some reading there and see if you or your church (whether it’s MHCC or another) has the right understanding.