You'll hear it often during the coming year—four ways we move toward our shared vision:

Worship, Reach, Grow & Share

Don’t Miss Vision Sundays!

August 16 & 23

Join us for these two very special Sundays as we consider, both corporately and individually, how God is calling us into the next decade of ministry—exploring how we worship, reach, grow, and share.

  • On August 16, we‘ll introduce our church’s vision for the next decade through a special morning of worship, a combined Sunday School gathering, and an evening service of prayer and communion. Learn more about Vision Sundays.

  • Then, on August 23, we‘ll focus on how each of us can live out that vision during morning worship and at an evening Engagement Party designed to help you discover meaningful ways to engage at Second. 

Worship

We pray to be a church growing in number and ethnic diversity joyfully ordering our lives around the means of grace—God’s Word, prayer, and corporate worship.

Psalm 95:6–11; Acts 2:42–47; Hebrews 10:24-25; Revelation 7:9

10-Year Objective

Double the number of those who engage in corporate worship, while increasing ethnic diversity in worship services to twenty-five percent.

2026-27 Goals to Meet Objective

• Add 200 new members by encouraging those in our worship community to attend Inquirers.
• As a church family, we aim to extend 500 personal invitations this year, with the hope of welcoming 120 new and returning regular worship attenders.

Reach

We pray to be a church whose members seek the Shalom of Memphis and raise up worshipers worldwide by leading our neighbors at home and abroad into a personal relationship with Christ through evangelistic conversations and compassionate acts of service.

Jeremiah 29:4–8; Matthew 5:16; 9:36–38; Matthew 28:18–20; Romans 10:14–15

10-Year Objectives

Engage 1,000 members in evangelism to add 500 members by conversion.
Engage 3,500 members with international and local partners, committed to working together for a collective impact.

2026-27 Goals to Meet Objectives

• Lead 160 members into evangelistic engagement with unbelieving neighbors.
• Lead 450 members into missional engagement with international and local partners

Read a Devotional on Reach by Brian Lewis

Grow

We pray to be a church of Jesus followers who are being formed into His likeness, growing in our devotion to God, to God’s people, and to God’s Kingdom, and making disciples who do the same.

Deuteronomy 6:1-9; Acts 2:42; Romans 12:2; II Timothy 2:2; Hebrews 6:1

10-Year Objective

Deploy 2,500 members as disciple-makers (1,000 of whom will be in next-generation ministry).

2026-27 Goals to Meet Objective

• Eighty percent of Second Presbyterian Church’s active members will be able to articulate and apply our definition of Spiritual Formation—“Growing in devotion to God, God’s People, and God’s Kingdom.”
• Lead and equip 100 members to each develop one other disciple-maker

Read a Devotional on Grow by Todd Erickson

Share

We pray to be a church community that generously shares our time, spiritual gifts, financial resources, and physical spaces, using our campus as a welcoming hub for worship, outreach, and spiritual formation.

Haggai 1:4–14; Malachi 3:10; Romans 12:10; 15:1–3; I Corinthians 12:28; 16:1–4; II Corinthians 8:16–21

10-Year Objective

Align all of our financial systems and facilities to support our mission.

2026-27 Goals to Meet Objective

• Support Financial Alignment Commission to continue its work.
• Utilize the Capital Replacement Reserve Fund to address deferred maintenance.
• Develop plan for future facility needs in light of Vision 2035

Read a Devotional on Share by Bob Coleman

Prayer Resources


View a prayer card  [ PDF ] to guide you in prayer this summer.

Read an article from Pastor George that reflects on setting the Lord before us as we pray.