Who We Are

St. Patrick is a congregation of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church.  We are a daughter church of Second Presbyterian Church, Memphis, TN.  Planted in 1998 by Rev. Jim Holland,  St. Patrick seeks to be a church that proclaims and lives out the glorious Gospel of Jesus Christ "as far as the curse is found."

Why We're Here (Our Purpose Statement)

St. Patrick Presbyterian Church is an unworthy, undeserving, and broken people who embody the loving embrace of Christ...so we celebrate!

The people of St. Patrick will relentlessly seek to draw others by serving them and meeting their needs without expectation. When the people of St. Patrick look at others, we will see Christ.

We will share our resources to serve the spiritual, physical and emotional needs of those in and around our church, in our neighborhoods, in our town and beyond. We will do this out of an overflowing love of God and His people, so that others can share in the loving embrace of Christ, and the community of Collierville will be forever changed.

Core Values

-The Gospel. This is the message of the Gospel: Christ died for sinners.  Put another way, we are more sinful than we ever imagined, but more loved than we ever dared hope.  It is this Good News that changes lives in way nothing else can.  The gospel (which is both the ultimate expression of God's nature and character, and the ultimate need of every human heart) is the touchstone upon which all our ministry and theology is built.

-The Lordship of Jesus. Jesus is not only the Savior of mankind, but the King of kings and Lord of Lords. His lordship, dominion, and rule extend into every sphere of life, from art to worship to sex to business. Therefore, we will work to spread the message of the gospel--and the individual and cultural healing that comes with it--into every "nook and cranny" of our lives.

-The Scriptures. The entire Bible, from Genesis to Revelation, is about God's glorious character, chiefly expressed in his love for sinners.  In a word, "redemption" sums up the message of Scripture.  Every commandment, prohibition, encouragement, promise, story, prophecy, and poem ultimately points to the Lord Jesus.

-Worship. When we participate in corporate worship, we come together as a community of broken sinners, praising God for who he is, thanking him for all he has done, and receiving encouragement and nourishment by the power of his Holy Spirit through Word and Sacrament.

-Community. Christianity was never meant to be lived in isolation. Practically the entire New Testament addresses groups of Christians, not individual believers. We walk this road together--laughing, crying, praying, working, playing, suffering, and feasting--as God grows his kingdom in our hearts and in the world around us.

-Our Town. The goal of the Gospel is not great churches, but great towns. We want to be the best neighbors we can be to the folks of Collierville and the surrounding areas, spreading the Gospel of God's grace wherever and whenever we can, both in word and in action. Our desire is to see the Gospel transform our community in such as way that when we get to Heaven, it will not be an altogether unfamiliar place, because we will have tasted a bit of it here!

What we Believe

St. Patrick is committed to the tenets of historic Christian orthodoxy, as well as the particulars of the Reformed faith, as set forth in the Westminster Confession of Faith and its Larger and Shorter Catechisms.  To view these doctrinal beliefs at length, click here.