Gospel Priorities 2026
Service
We'll kick off the new year with our annual Gospel Priorities series. Beginning January 4, we will hear from pastors during morning and evening worship on themes related to and discussed in Luke 4. Join us these Sundays as we reflect on what Jesus made central to His ministry and consider how we can follow His example in our own lives today.
Meet our 2026 preachers:
Damon Conley
January 4
Damon Conley is one of our assistant pastors at Second, serving our middle adults as well as the Shelby Farms and Germantown parishes. Prior to joining our staff in 2021, he served as the Discipleship Pastor at Brown Missionary Baptist Church in Southaven. Damon earned a master’s degree in Christian Studies from Union University while serving as an associate pastor in youth ministry at Berean Missionary Baptist Church. He went on to earn his M.Div. from Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary. In addition to his church roles, he serves on the boards of Streets Ministries, The Center-Memphis, and NEXUS. Damon is married to his high school sweetheart, Erika, and they have two sons and a daughter.
Ali Chambers
January 11
Ali is currently the Lead Pastor at Mosaic Church. Ali and his wife Anetta have 3 boys. Nathan, Samuel '21, and Benjamin '24. He earned his BS in Biblical Studies at Central Baptist College, and a Master of Divinity at Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary. He is a proud graduate of CBHS 1999.
Justin Varughese
January 18
Justin currently serves as Lead Pastor at Fellowship Memphis. He has been a pastor and church planter for over 20 years with a passion to cultivate kingdom expressions of Jesus’s church that reflect oneness across people groups while celebrating our differences. He had the privilege of being bi-vocational for many years as a trial attorney in New York where he advocated for elderly victims of abuse and neglect. That experience gave him a great passion for what it could mean to empower missionaries into the marketplace in our ever changing world. He’s a graduate of Western Theological Seminary, St. John’s University School of Law, and the University of Maryland. Justin and his wife, Sherry, have two teenage boys.
George Robertson
January 25
George is the Senior Pastor at Second Presbyterian Church in Memphis, TN. He earned his baccalaureate degree from Covenant College, his Master in Divinity and Master in Theology degrees from Covenant Theological Seminary and his Doctor of Philosophy degree in Historical and Theological Studies from Westminster Theological Seminary. Before coming to Second, he served as Senior Pastor in Augusta, GA, pastor in St. Louis, and as lecturer/adjunct professor at Covenant Theological Seminary. George is married to Jackie, and together they have four children.
Listen to audio from last year’s Gospel Priorities series.