- If Adam Hamilton wins his Kansas Senate race, he'd be only the second person in the past century to serve in the Senate while continuing to lead a church — he says he'd still preach about 12–18 times a year.
- Raphael Warnock is the modern precedent: elected in 2021 and still regularly preaching at Ebenezer Baptist, saying pastoral work and politics can complement each other.
- Hamilton leads the Church of the Resurrection — the nation’s largest United Methodist church (about 25,000 members) — and has consulted former senator-priest John Danforth on balancing both roles.
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