Thank you all for your comments.  They have been quite helpful.

So the question remains: What does the Church offer that nothing else does?  It is salvation?  Well, salvation comes from God, not from the Church, so it can't be that.  Is it a relationship with God?  Again, I think not because one can have a relationship with God without truly becoming part of the Church.  Is it truth?  No, truth can be found in many places.  The Church does not have a monopoly on truth.  Is it wisdom?  No, wisdom is found in many places.  Is it love?  Again, love can be found in many places.  Is it ritual, prayer, comfort, or guidance?  I don't need the Church for that, I can get that out of a little Zen book on my bookshelf.  I think many of us look to the Church for these things and if we do, we will be disappointed in the end. 

Before I go on, I want to make sure we are clear as to what I mean by "Church."  I mean the global body of followers of Jesus the Christ past, present and future.  This global body is represented in local bodies called "churches."  I am a member of a church and a Member of the Church (member in the sense of attender, support, and part of a local body and Member in the sense of an organ connected to a larger body with a particular purpose). 

Now, I believe the Church (and church) offers above all else, true community.  Now, I know many of you are skeptical of that answer and I can venture a guess as to why.  We have all experienced glimpses of community, but in most instances this has been some perverted version of true community (even within the Church).  I am speaking of the true community that we are intended to have.  This is what the Church offers.  This is what the Church is.

Community can be simply defined as the sharing of one's life with others.  It means that we live together, cry together, laugh together, grow together, struggle together, and ultimately die together.  Our lives are connected with one another and with God.  We are living the way we were created to live.  We have unity with one another because we have unity in Christ.  Because of this unity, we can be extravagantly diverse.  We can find our true personality (as opposed to the accepted personality we have adopted based on society's influence).  We are free to be who we were created to be because we have an unbreakable unity with the other Members.  We have one purpose, but a multiplicity of ways to accomplish it.  This is what the Church offers: unity in diversity; living our lives in right relationship with God and with one another and with the earth.  This is community.  Deep down, this is what we all seek.