Pastor Adam Hamilton, who is running for the U.S. Senate as a Democrat, is facing scrutiny for a resurfaced church podcast in which he said Christians don't have to believe in the virgin birth of Jesus. Hamilton, an author and pastor at Resurrection church, a United Methodist multi-site congregation based in Leawood, Kansas, is challenging incumbent Republican Sen. Roger Marshall in the November midterms.
The online publication Protestia posted a video clip on X Monday showing Hamilton answering submitted questions in the Dec. 17, 2024, episode of his podcast, “Making Sense of Faith,” titled “Ask Adam ANYTHING! (Christmas Edition).” Hamilton explained that while he personally believed that Jesus was miraculously conceived, he doesn't think Christians must believe in that miracle to receive salvation.
Hamilton claimed that the Gospel account of Jesus being born of a virgin was “less about biology and primarily about theology,” adding that “I don’t think it's trying to explain” how “did the biology of that work.” “I believe in the Virgin Birth because these stories tell it, and it’s one of those places where in a sense I suspend my logic to be able to say, ‘you know what?
I don’t know exactly what happened,’ so I’m going with this story,” Hamilton said. “I choose to trust and believe in the virgin birth.” Nevertheless, Hamilton said that, since the virgin birth gets little mention in the New Testament apart from the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, it was “OK” for people to not believe in it. “I just want you to follow Jesus,” Hamilton added.
“He didn’t come to His disciples and say, ‘Hey, let me tell you the story about how I was conceived and now, if you believe that, you can be one of my disciples.’ He never said that. He just said, ‘Come