While I was a missionary, we were encouraged to participate in a local program with the goal of reactivating people who weren’t coming to church anymore. It was based on 3 Nephi 18:30 (in the Book of Mormon):
Nevertheless, ye shall not cast him out from among you, but ye shall minister unto him and shall pray for him unto the Father, in my name; and if it so be that he repenteth and is baptized in my name, then shall ye receive him, and shall minister unto him of my flesh and blood.
I’m certain that’s by design.