United Methodist Church of the Resurrection

He went at it from a more liberal perspective of what the Bible teaches, right? And Adam Hamilton certainly – is that kind of pastor.

His church, the Church of the Resurrection, is the largest United Methodist church in the country.

He's very proud of that fact.

He talks about it often.

Now, Adam Hamilton does some similar things.

He's another Democratic candidate running for Senate in a red state, and he's a senior pastor of Church of the Resurrection in Leawood, Kansas, which attracts more than 20,000 people to worship on an average Sunday, making it the largest United Methodist congregation in the country.

Polling indicates that Hamilton is tied with Roger Marshall, the Republican incumbent.

So why is Hamilton so popular? This is a red state.

If the National Party throws its weight behind one candidate from the Sunflower State this November, it's likely to be Adam Hamilton, whose career as a pastor in the affluent suburbs of Kansas City checks far more boxes for the Washington consultant class than a foul-mouthed bovine semen broker from the boonies.

With 24,000 members across nine locations, Hamilton's Church of the Resurrection is the largest United Methodist Church in the country.

Thanks to his best-selling books on scripture, Hamilton's name is even familiar to churchgoers far from his home in tiny Johnson County.

I'm a part of their community already, Hamilton told me after taking a swing through Wichita.

It's everywhere.

Lance Winkler was a, was a pastor at Church of the Resurrection under Pastor Adam from '98 to 2018, so 21 years he worked there, and here's what he posted on his Facebook page: "Knowing a candidate for US Senate as well as I know Adam Hamilton has proven very instructive.

I've found you never get the truth about a politician through TV ads, even though their own ads.

Politicians' commercials about their opponent will take a fraction of a biographical event and then lie to high heaven about the context and the candidate's internal thought heading into it.

Both Hamilton and Marshall have done this, and I find these lies disgusting and disqualifying.

It's bad for a doctor, but it's revolting for a pastor.

I took the job as contemporary worship leader at Church of the Resurrection in 1998, and I served until 2018.

In the summer of '98, leaving church one Sunday, my wife said, 'Wow, I have no idea what the pastor's position is on that issue, but he made me feel great about mine.' And I responded, 'Yeah, he'd sure make a good politician.' That was the very beginning of my 20 years.

In the 544-word post, which I will not subject you all to because that is just torturous if I did, Trump went on to lob a series of attacks against Hamilton along the lines as he used to go after numerous Democratic candidates running for office.

Hamilton is a pastor who leads the United Methodist Church of the Resurrection, the largest United Methodist congregation in the U.S., a detail that did not sit well with Donald Trump, who said that he was a fake Christian because Trump, the guy who sells $100 Bibles with his name on them, is such a real Christian.

but the president's post comes as marshall has in some ways attempted to distance himself from donald trump raising concerns about ice operations in the state last month in a post on twitter it was the departure from his usual tune which has been almost entirely in lockstep with the administration The latest polling in the race is a statistical tie, according to Insider Advantage poll.

Hamilton is leading Marshall by one point.

Uh, I'll be there from 7:00 AM to 11:30 at the southeast corner of 135th, uh, and Nall, and we will be going down to 137th and Nall wanting to expose the truth.

Uh, have done a lot of research, talked to a lot of people regarding the, uh, pedophile situation, uh, the five boys who were abused, um, at the, uh, Church of the Resurrection, and the cover-up that is happening on those commercials that you were talking about earlier.

Uh, so Tuesday, October 13th, truth demonstration, and all are welcome who are supportive of protecting children.

Uh, this is what this is about.

The Cook Political Report this week moved the Kansas Senate race from leans Republican to toss-up, and the latest New York Times poll has Democrat Adam Hamilton and Republican incumbent Roger Marshall tied at 45% each.

Joining us now is Adam Hamilton, the founding pastor of the United Methodist Church of the Resurrection.

He is the Democratic nominee for the United States Senate in Kansas.

Thank you very much for joining us again tonight.