Senior Pastor
United Methodist Church of the Resurrection

Adam Hamilton is the founding pastor of the United Methodist Church of the Resurrection in Leawood, Kansas. Church of the Resurrection has grown from four people in 1990 to over 12,000 adult members with an average weekly worship attendance of over 7,500 in 2006.  The church was listed as the most influential mainline church in America in a 2005 survey of American pastors. 

Adam has received the B'nai B'rith award in Social Ethics, the Denman Award in Evangelism, and the Circuit Rider Award for excellence in church leadership.  He was named Distinguished Evangelist of the United Methodist Church by the Foundation for Evangelism and was named one of the "Ten People to Watch in America's Spiritual Landscape" by Religion and Ethics Newsweekly.  He currently serves as a Trustee at Saint Paul School of Theology and as a member of the Kansas East Board of Professional Ministry.  He lectures on leadership, evangelism and preaching across the country and is the author of six books and several small group studies published by Abingdon Press.