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Most of our customers lived paycheck to paycheck. My dad knew what that was like because his parents had lost the family farm in the MS Delta during the Great Depression. I learned from my dad—hard work, honesty, management, and fiscal responsibility. All things that are fundamental to who I am today. 

As a young child, I assembled bicycles and wagons. Later I waited on customers and ran the cash register. And, yes, he taught me how to count change back to customers. I learned how to write up contracts. When people came to the store, they were looking for things they needed like a washing machine or dryer, a car battery or set of tires. People didn’t have much, if any, discretionary income. We did sell guns, ammo, and fishing supplies, but people used them for hunting, not for sport. You learn a lot about yourself and others when working with the public. You learn the significance of respecting and serving all people. 

I learned that to be successful in business meant that people are not a resource for commerce or transactions or a means to an end. People are to be valued for who they are in and of themselves. Winston Churchill said, “We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” If you boil it all down, it’s simply, “love your neighbor as yourself.” That’s my code of ethics. 

After graduating from Ackerman High and going to Ole Miss, I recall every time I called back home to talk to my parents I would ask, “How’s the town?”  My hometown has a fond place in my heart, still to this day. The memories, the stories, the unique characters in town—all special. My favorite time of the year was the Christmas season with the lights and parade. Parents coming in to put gifts in lay-a-way and picking them up on Christmas Eve. We would then close the Store about 5:00pm and go to the Christmas Eve service at church.  

Meet the Chambers Family 

I met the former Ann Wyndham Fletcher of Indianola, MS in Sunday School in Jackson, MS. Ann graduated from Ole Miss with a degree in vocal performance. We began a courtship, and I soon knew that she was ‘the one’ and proposed to her in the Spring at Mynelle Gardens in Clinton, MS. We married in Indianola, MS and moved to Louisville, KY where we attended The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, and I received the Master of Divinity. After post-graduate studies at Ole Miss, we moved to the Nashville, TN area where I worked at the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission. We moved back to Mississippi to be near aging parents and where I continued a career in political and legislative advocacy for the Mississippi Baptist’s Christian Action Commission in Jackson, MS.  

While there I worked with state and local government to advocate for policy and legislation related to the issues of sanctity of life, marriage, religious liberty, and second amendment. I worked with Mississippi voters and their state legislators to shepherd legislation on these issues through the legislative process and ultimately to the governor’s office to be signed into law. I expanded my advocacy efforts to the federal level and into state legislatures across the U.S. after we moved to Tupelo while working with the American Family Association and AFA Action. 

We live in the Belden area and our daughter, Olivia Hope, is now 13 years old and plans to attend Tupelo High School next school year. We are faithful members of First Baptist Church Tupelo at the corner of Church and Jefferson. 

Government Relations Career

I have been an advocate for conservative policy and legislation in multiple states and at the federal level for over 20 years. During this time, I worked with state legislators and state executives across the country to put in place laws and policies related to religious liberty, second amendment, education, national security, immigration, marriage, and life. I also worked with members of Congress and the U.S. Senate advocating for federal policy, legislation, and presidential administrative and judicial nominees. I have also advocated for conservative political candidates, and for constitutionally conservative, judicial nominations at the federal level. 

I am grateful for the accomplishments I have been part of. I was appointed by the Mississippi governor to serve on the 2014 Domestic Violence Task Force. Multiple state agencies had programs designed to assist women who were victims of domestic violence, and my role on the Task Force was to work with other members to streamline government by consolidating the duplicated programs under one agency. The result was making government more efficient, more accountable, and reducing government spending to better serve victims of sexual assault, human trafficking, and child sexual abuse. 

A former Chief Justice of the MS Supreme Court and a federal district judge invited me to participate in a plan to help prisons reduce recidivism or repeat offenders. I worked with these judges and others in the development of a process manual to help law enforcement and other groups assist individuals released from prison find jobs and housing. 

The Mississippi Child Protection Act was another signature piece of legislation that I helped get passed and signed into law.  This law requires the reporting of all cases of suspected sexual abuse of a child to state authorities. It also imposes severe penalties upon anyone who refuses to report the suspected sexual abuse or attempts to circumvent the legal reporting requirements.  It also authorizes the collection of forensic tissue samples of rape victims by providing police and prosecutors evidence to punish abusers. 

The Student Religious Liberty Act is another piece of legislation I advocated for in the Mississippi legislature. This religious liberty bill became law and is designed to protect the rights of free speech and freedom of assembly for students who desire to pray or express their religious views in Mississippi public schools. 

Another piece of signature legislation I was instrumental in passing is the Mississippi Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA). This act stipulates that the state of Mississippi may not enact policies that would “substantially burden” the free exercise of religion.

In the 2016 presidential election I implemented a strategy to increase voter engagement to increase evangelical voter turnout in the general election by about 3% over previous elections. The strategy and efforts were recognized by national researcher George Barna. 

I am also very grateful to have participated in the initial concept of Mississippi’s 15-week Gestational Age Act and supported it through the legislative and bill signing process. This law became known as the Dobbs case which was used in the landmark decision to reverse Roe v. Wade.

I now own my own consulting business where I continue to be an advocate for similar causes. I’ve also started a national, video podcasting network where hosts can inform citizens how to make a difference by increasing government transparency, efficiency, and accountability at the local and state level.  

My undergraduate studies at Ole Miss were in business and pre-law, and I received the Bachelor of Science in Business Marketing and Management from MUW. I also hold the Master of Divinity from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and the Master of Theology from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary.