Almost 100 parishes across the Anglican Diocese of Melbourne will take part in Back to Church Sunday (BTCS) on 12 September.
“The idea is that through a personal invitation to a friend or acquaintance those who have stopped attending church will return,” explained Paul White, Bishop of the Southern Region, who is co-ordinating Back to Church Sunday for the Diocese.
The theme of the day is ‘Come as you are’, designed to reassure guests that they are welcome in church without expectations and without feeling they have to measure up to a particular standard.