Why do churches not make an effort to get people to come back regularly?
The parish where I grew up had a “Welcome Sunday” where people were asked to come back and have a fresh start. They advertised it for several weeks at Mass and in the bulletin. People were asked to speak one on one with relatives and friends to invite them back. We had a communal reconciliation service on Saturday and lots of folks came to Mass on Sunday and regularly afterwards as a result.
I can’t imagine why this is not more common.
—Why do churches not make an effort to get people to come back regularly?—
My church does that every week.