Across Ireland, fewer people are connecting with church in traditional ways. Many have drifted away; others have never had any meaningful contact at all. Yet Scripture reminds us that this moment is not one of defeat, but of calling.

Jesus himself said, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners” (Mark 2:17). The Church exists not only for those already gathered, but for those still searching, struggling, and standing at a distance.

The early Church understood this instinctively. “Day by day, the Lord added to their number those who were being saved” (Acts 2:47) not because they withdrew from the world, but because they lived their faith openly, relationally, and in the midst of everyday life. Paul echoed this posture when he wrote, “I have become all things to all people, that by all means I might save some” (1 Corinthians 9:22).

The gospel has not changed, but the context has. Jesus commands his followers to “go and make disciples” (Matthew 28:19), not to wait and hope people will come. That call invites the Church to step beyond familiar patterns and to embody faith in ways that are accessible, relational, and rooted in real communities.

Bad Boy Turned Good responds to this moment with a missional vision shaped by Scripture and grounded in lived experience. It seeks to create spaces where trust can grow, conversations can begin, and people who feel disconnected from church can encounter Jesus in meaningful ways around tables, in neighbourhoods, and in the rhythms of everyday life.

As Paul reminds us, “Now is the acceptable time; now is the day of salvation” (2 Corinthians 6:2). This is a moment for renewed courage, outward focus, and faithful imagination so that more people may come to know Christ and find their place within the wider life of the Church.