How Can You Be a Part of World Missions?

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2026 Short-Term Trips

Join a short-term team! Team members are needed for the trips in bold. Contact the World Missions office or listed Team Leaders for more info.

• Nairobi (March 8-16)
  Fellows Trip, led by Deb Coleman (full)
  
  
• Johannesburg (May)
  CO CCP, led by Terence and Carley Allen (full)
  
  
• Khon Kaen (June)
  CO CCP, led by Drew and Maggie De Sanctis (full)
   
• South Africa (June 18-24)
  COSA Evangelism Conference, led by Jess Uke
   
• Jakarta, Indonesia (Late June)
  VBS with Covenant City Church, led by Jenna Hamilton
   
• Kazakhstan (June 21-30)
  Capernaum Camp, Team Leader Needed
  
  
• Batam, Indonesia (June 30-July 9)
  True North Vision/Service Trip, led by Andy and Brooke Cheely (full)
  
  
• Athens, Greece (June)
  Bible Disctribution Project, led by Maeji Brown
   
• Merida, Mexico (July 11-18)
  True North Construction Trip, led by Bill Jorgenson (full)
   
• Birmingham, UK (July 16-25)
  True North VBS, led by Mary Raine Ivy (full)
  
  
• Mozambique (September)
  Led by Lucy Wepfer
  
  
• Cairo, Egypt (September 12-26)
  Medical/Prayer/Children Ministry, Team Leader Needed
   
• India (November 1-9)
  Led by Alan and Kathy Hammonds
  
  
• Buenos Aires, Argentina (November 13-20)
  La Misión Presbyterian Church, led by Andy Cheely

Pray.

Our missionary partners are engaged in a cosmic spiritual war. The great news is that our Lord Jesus Christ has won the victory by his life, death, and resurrection! However, the battle continues until his return, and the greatest need of these Christian soldiers as they await is the prayers of the church. 

Here are several opportunities to pray for our missionary partners:

• Sign up to receive prayer updates via mail or email. To sign up for prayer updates via text message, simply text WORLDPRAY to (901) 410-9500. 
• Attend a weekly prayer time in person or online. Contact the World Missions office for more information. 
• Attend a quarterly prayer for the persecuted church.

Pickup a 2025 World Missions Prayer Book from our campus, where you will find a list of 2PC missionary partners, prayer requests, and Strategic National Impact Partners.

Download an online version of our World Missions Prayer Book. 
 

Welcome.

One way to be involved in World Missions at Second is by welcoming our missionary partners when they are in town. Below are some ways that you can welcome them.

• Teach English to new arrivals
• Join the World Missions Team
• Host a missionary family when they pass through town
• Offer a vehicle for a missionary family in Memphis temporarily

If you are interested in being involved in any of these ways, please contact our World Missions office.

Send.

The World Missions budget is separate from Second's general budget until June 30, 2026, supported exclusively by your giving designated for World Missions until that date. 

• Give Online: 2pc.org/give
• Give by Text: Text WORLD to (901) 410-9500 to give to World Missions.
• Give by Mail: Second Presbyterian Church, 4055 Poplar Avenue, Memphis, TN 38111

Emeritus Missionaries

Emeritus is an honorific designation given to someone who is retired from the public performance of a duty on account of age, infirmity, or long and faithful services. Because of the long history of World Missions involvement at Second, the faithfulness of some partners to serve for multiple decades in some very hard places and with uniquely distinctive impact, and the enduring consistency of 2PC in maintaining those partnerships, the World Missions Team has created the category of Missionary Emeritus for missionary partners who have made an exceptional contribution to Missiology, World Evangelization, and the ministry of the Second Presbyterian Church.

Our first two Emeritae are Dame Aileen Coleman and Dr. Rev. Judy Mbugua, followed by Dr. Raju and Mrs. Catherine Abraham.

“There is always some reason not to do the work of God.” -Aileen Coleman

Learn more about Aileen.

 
“We will not be judged by what we began, but by how faithfully we persisted to the end.” -Judy Mbugua

Learn more about Judy.
 

 “Strengthening the church, through a holistic methodology, encourages long-term transformation, resulting in more believers being established and discipled.” -Raju and Catherine

Grant Opportunities for Short-Term Mission Trips

These grants are available to all high school, college, and young adult members, as well as covenant children, and are made in honor of Dame Aileen Coleman, Rev. Dr. Judy Mbugua, and Dr. Raju and Mrs. Catherine Abraham.

• The Aileen Coleman Grant (for High School Students): Download the grant application.

• The Judy Mbugua Grant (for College Students): Download the grant application.

• The Raju and Catherine Abraham Grant (for Young Adults): Download the grant application.

Please bring your application to our World Missions Office or email it to . The application deadline is February 10, and grant recipients will be announced at the World Missions Conference closing service on March 1 at 6pm.