In the landscape of religious life in the United States, Reverend Adam Hamilton has a massive pulpit. The organisation he founded, the Church of the Resurrection, is considered the largest United Methodist congregation in the country. It spans nine campuses and 23,000 members. Hamilton himself has authored more than 30 books. But this November, Hamilton is eyeing an even bigger platform: the US Congress. A mild-mannered pastor with square glasses and a receding swoop of white hair, Hamilton is hoping to achieve what many political observers once dismissed as far-fetched. He is hoping to win a seat representing Kansas in the US Senate – as a Democrat. Not since 1932 has a Democrat won a Senate race in the Midwestern state.
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