Over 10,000 Churches Commit to 'National Back to Church Sunday'

(Photo: Back to Church (c) 2012)

National Back To Church 2012, set to take place on September 16. Over 10,000 churches have committed to being involved.

By Michael Gryboski , Christian Post Reporter
August 21, 2012|5:40 pm

Thousands of congregations across the country are committing to take part in a nationwide event meant to reach out to the unchurched.

"National Back to Church Sunday," slated for Sept. 16, has over 10,000 churches officially listed as participating in the event.

"It is the single largest annual community outreach in the nation, sharing the simple message and mission of inviting everyone in America Back to Church," the event's website says.

"The campaign empowers churches and church members with the tools they need to welcome their neighbors, friends and loved ones back to church, while providing the unchurched with an easy way to find a welcoming church in their community."

"National Back to Church Sunday" is organized in part by Outreach, Inc., an organization formed in 1996 that seeks to provide churches with outreach products.

Kim Flynn, marketing project manager for the Products Division of Outreach, Inc., noted that the event is "based on the simple principle that 82 percent of people will come to church if invited by a friend, and yet only 2 percent of church members invite unchurched friends to church."

"Since 2009, National Back to Church Sunday has inspired churchgoers to invite more than 2.6 million family members, friends, neighbors and co-workers to their churches. Last year, 7,600 churches participated. As of this year more than 10,000 congregations have participated in the event."

Organizers of the Back to Church event have been using social media as a means of getting the word out. This has included the usage of "e-vites," a Facebook page that at present has over 9,700 likes, and a YouTube video of the "Pastor Rap" which was posted in June and has since gained over 76,000 views.

The National Back to Church organizers hope that even after Sept. 16 has come and gone, the message of their event will continue to grow.

"In a culture where 'church' has lost significant meaning to many we hope people will discover how they can reach their God-given potential and how they can transform their lives and community," said the organizers in a statement.

"We have developed the 30-Day Church Challenge and it is drawing thousands of churches to examine their foundational purposes. In a concentrated focus through a variety of media on scriptures in Acts, congregations will repurpose to reach their biblical potential and transform their communities.


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Arizona Sheriff claims Mexican assassins ‘national security threat’

Voters will be remembering in November
Photo: Elizabeth Delaney

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Several law enforcement agencies in Arizona were notified by Homeland Security about the ominous plans of the Mexican Drug cartel. Assassins, also referred to as "sicarios”, are planning to attack anyone who interferes with their drug runs into the US. Sheriff Paul Babeu says that it’s a very serious problem because innocent bystanders have been attacked, kidnapped, killed, and the houses of citizens have been robbed. He referred to its severity as one that is a “national security threat.” While the video to the left also indicates that the notification was “leaked” from Homeland Security, a http://www.washingtontimes.com/ article on Sunday says that the Vekol Valley precincts were “warned”.

This particular area in Arizona is considered a “well-established and widely travelled drug-smuggling corridor running north and south across Interstate 8 between the Arizona towns of Casa Grande and Gila Bend. The valley is a direct link to both the interstate and to Phoenix, giving drug smugglers the option of shipping their goods to California or to major cities both north and east.” In addition, there are 15 assassins who are considered “very well-equipped and armed”. The Sheriff has told the Washington Times that, “Mexican drug cartels have posted scouts on the high points around the valley to control movement in the area. He said they have radios, optics and ‘night-vision goggles as good as anything law enforcement has.’"

The Sheriff has requested the assistance of 3000 National Guards soldiers, but Washington’s ludicrous response was to send 15 signs to post along Interstate 8 that warn American citizens and travelers that the area is an "active drug- and human-smuggling area" and that they might be attacked and injured by "armed criminals and smuggling vehicles traveling at high rates of speed." And people wonder why Arizona passed an immigration law.

The irony of all this is that back in June, when news was breaking about 18 other states who were planning to introduce a law similar to Arizona’s, which then started the nonsense of the feds suing Arizona, Department of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano was insisting that the boarder was secure. Her exact words, according to a www.cnsnews.com article were, “The plain fact of the matter is the border is as secure now as it has ever been.”

The immigration issue, the economy, joblessness and Obamacare are the main issues that have most Democrats nervous about Election Day. In fact, a http://www.nytimes.com/ article in July stated that Democrat governors were voicing “deep anxiety about the Obama administration’s suit against Arizona’s new immigration law, worrying that it could cost a vulnerable Democratic Party in the fall elections.” Democrats have been afraid of losing their majority even as far back as December, and the polls are now showing that 2010 has the potential to be a landslide loss that wipes out their majority.

According to a http://www.rasmussenreports.com/ article on Monday, “The economy continues to be the most important issue on voters’ minds this election, and 49% place their trust in Republicans to handle this issue. Thirty-nine percent (39%) trust Democrats more.” The other issues in which Rasmussen Reports a majority of voters trust Republicans over Democrats include: immigration; national security; healthcare; lower taxes; and the war in Iraq. In addition, “Republicans now hold a nine-point lead on the Generic Congressional Ballot.”

A http://www.ft.com/ article on Monday stated that president of the Chicago Fed Charles Evans has described the US economy as “being in a bona fide liquidity trap.” To make matters even more interesting, a Monday http://www.breitbart.com/ article noted that sometime this week, “a key Group of 20 (would be) meeting in South Korea where currency reform is expected to dominate talks, amid fears that nations could adopt trade barriers in the face of competition from Asian exports” (emphasis added). It was pointed out by IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn that “The spirit of cooperation must be maintained. Without that, the (global economic) recovery is in peril.” Those who have an interest in Bible prophecy will recognize that currency reform is the precursor to a One World monetary system.
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