Democrat Senate candidate Adam Hamilton once told his Kansas congregation to repent for eating beef and driving cars

From the Newshound archive · first published 29 September 2026.

Adam Hamilton, the Democratic nominee seeking a Kansas Senate seat, urged his megachurch congregation in a 2020 sermon to repent for eating beef and driving as harmful to the environment. Hamilton titled the sermon 'What Would Jesus Say About Climate Change?' and framed both habits as sins requiring repentance. The revelation lands as he attempts to become the first Democrat sent to the Senate from Kansas in nearly a century.

Hamilton leads a megachurch congregation in Kansas, making his climate sermon particularly striking for the state's beef-farming heartland.

Republican opponents are already branding him 'woke' as the beef-and-driving repentance sermon circulates ahead of the election.