American Lutheran Church To Participate In 16th Back To Church Sunday
This September, American Lutheran Church will join with thousands of churches nationwide for Back to Church Sunday.
“With the recent statistics and studies showing that loneliness is a real issue in our culture, we want our community to know that our church and really every church, is here as a resource and a place where people can connect, make friends and find support for when life gets hard,” says Katie Harwood, lay minister and Seminarian for the church.
This year’s Back to Church Sunday campaign is designed around a “Life is Better Together” theme, encouraging current church attenders to invite friends and neighbors to overcome loneliness and find connection, support, and hope available at a local church. As well as discovering the deeper, spiritual benefits that faith can provide.
National Back to Church Sunday (BTCS) movement marks its sixteenth anniversary year in 2025 and it continues to gain momentum. More than five million Christ followers have participated through 33,000 churches since 2009. It is a day focused on uniting the church to equip and empower their members to be inviters. Eight out of ten people say they are open to visiting church if invited, they are just waiting for an invitation.
Community members who are interested in finding a participating church can visit BacktoChurch.com to search for churches near their home address.
American Lutheran Church has recently become a member of the North American Lutheran Church, a church body dedicated to the mission statement “Christ centered, mission driven, congregationally focused, and traditionally grounded.” For more information, go to www.alcstanley.org or call 628-2550.