GCFirst Joins 30,000 Churches to Participate in National Back to Church Sunday on Sept. 20

“Back to Church Sunday,” part of a national movement of churches across America, will be held at GCFirst at 9:30 and 11:15am, September 20. Everyone is welcome to attend.

National Back to Church Sunday (www.BackToChurch.com) is an initiative to “Invite America Back to Church.” It seeks to reach the “un-churched” and “de-churched” – people who have never attended church, or who once attended church but don’t any more – and invite them to return on a special Sunday. In 2013, a Gallup survey stated that 87% of people believe in God. Yet only 27% of those surveyed attended church in the last 7 days. Additional research reveals that although many people who don’t attend church say they would if invited by a friend, only 2% of Christians ever invite someone to church.

Now in its seventh year, the National Back to Church Sunday movement continues gain momentum, with over 30,000 churches representing 120 denominations expected to participate this year. Participating churches have extended an estimated 11.5 million invitations to their communities over the past seven years.

There are nearly 100 million Americans, including teens and children, who are presently un-churched as people increasingly move away from attending church and practicing religion. Back to Church Sunday is a springboard to help churches become outreach-focused throughout the year to reach these millions of people. It is a movement designed to help churches reach their communities by providing an easily implemented “invite-able” event that gives church members a reason to invite, and gives people a reason to try church again or for the first time.

You can utilize our Facebook event to invite your friends and family, share videos and post about why church is important to you.

We are asking all of our church who uses social media to change their profile pictures and/or cover photos to one of the Back To Church Sunday images we have shared on the event page on Sunday, September 13. By doing this all on the same day, we will flood Facebook with BTC images! What a great way to spread the news!

Saturday, September 19

4-7pm

WE are THE Church: GCFirst loves our community and we want to show it! Come for a fun and free evening full of games, music, inflatables and more!

We look forward to seeing you Sunday morning at 9:30 or 11:15!