Charlie Kirk assassination sparks mourning from Christian leaders

“I want to remember the courage and my faith … the most important thing in my life is my faith,” Charlie Kirk said in Podcast last year.

The founder of Turning Point Usa died after he was shot on Thursday at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah.

Kirk was an important figure who inspired hundreds of young students, and encouraged them not only in their political interests, but also in leading the souls that guided faith.

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Reverend Rob McCoy, co -chair of Turning Point Faith in California, told California on Wednesday that Kirk described him as his groove, but he prefers to be known as “his friend and the greatest fans.”

“My friend Charlie Kirk was killed today by a coward,” McCoy said. “His life will be remembered for many great things – Charlie’s life will be remembered for many great things.”

“He built everything strongly the spoken word,” said McCoy, who traveled with the Kirk family on Wednesday.

“Violence was never used, but every day he was threatened with violence by those who were unable to face logic and truth – and now they did to my friend what evil is always doing. It takes away life.”

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“Charlie did not die.” “Instead, he really lived. His life was secured by his Savior forever, Jesus Christ. This fact allowed Charlie to face every threat of courage, because he did not fear death.”

McCoy added: “All evil knows is death, and they derive power from death. Charlie lived for life and will be remembered for this.

Christian leaders are saddened by the death of the founder of Turning Point Usa Charlie Kerk. (Charlie Kirk via Instagram)

In the aftermath of the shocking assassination, Reverend Franklin Graham, one of the most prominent Christian voices in the country, told the country that “America is proportional to the loss of Charlie Kerk.”

Graham said: “Our hearts are broken for his wife and family. He loved this country, loved God and loved his family.

“Evil did not prevail, and will not win.”

Graham, the president and executive director of the Samaritan portfolio and the Billy Graham Evangelical Association, participated that he appreciated the work that Kirk had done to encourage young university students and inform them all over the country.

Charlie Kerk leaves behind the legacy of strong Christian faith after the tragic shooting

“His voice will be largely missing, but I pray to God that God will raise an army of young people and women like him that will lead to the same important issues,” he said.

Graham added that Kirk has boldly lived for Jesus Christ, who said: “I am the resurrection and life.

Charlie Kirk speaks at the celebration of Reverend Rob McCoy for 25 years in the summer of 2025. (Godspeak Calvary Chapel Thousand Oaks/Rob McCoy)

The Christian minister in Canada, Rick Pearson, the Prophyusa host, participated that Kirk was “a voice of the biblical clarity in a nation that lost its way.”

“He has taken bold positions to present the truth and restore moral clarity. People asked whether Charlie was an American martyr. Yes, certainly,” he told Fox News Digital.

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“The person who pulled the trigger carries the spirit of Babylon, the worship of Baal, killing and hate. Charlie went against those souls with wisdom, mercy and mutation. He will miss it greatly.”

Sherry, the little president and founder of the United States participating in education, has shared that the assassination represents a sad time for American youth on the campus.

“He has taken bold positions to present the truth and restore moral clarity.”

“It is not a secret that public schools strengthen children and expel them against each other with the instructions of their roots in Marxist theory,” said Carolina, based in South Carolina.

“When children learn to hate themselves and others and become a warrior of social justice at any cost, you should not be surprised when tragedies like this occur.”

“His life was ever secured by his Savior, Jesus Christ. This fact allowed Charlie to face every threat to courage because he did not fear death.” (Erika Kirk via Instagram)

Tim Clinton, President of the American Association of Christian Advisors and Executive Director of the Human Working Center at Liberty University, described Kirk as a “loving husband and a huge father.”

“He inspired his fixed faith, his deep love of God and the deep patriotism all those who knew him,” Clinton told Fox News Digital. “He loved this country and lived its life with the goal and condemnation – and he stands strong for righteousness in culture.”

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“While we honor Charlie’s life, let us rise to the best ourselves, and we are working to end the meaningless violence and remain steadfast in the values ​​that really concern – faith, family, love and loneliness.”

Diane Ferraro, CEO of Save the Stork, told Fox News Digital that Kirk was a bold voice for The ObICless.

“Share the truth about the reality of abortion with young generations, and he will forever be a hero for me. We are warmly for his beautiful wife and his precious children,” Ferraro told Fox News Digital.

“While we honor the life of Charlie, let us rise to the best ourselves, work to end the meaningless violence and remain steadfast in the values ​​that are really concerned – faith, family, love and loneliness.” (Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute via X)

Walker Weldmon, Vice President of the American Family Association and CEO of AFA Action in Mississippi, said the assassination is a sad time for political discourse.

“[Democrats have] Weldmon told Fox News Digital of Fox News Digital to accuse ideological conservatives of being a “threat to democracy” for years.

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He added: “There is a strict component of the Democratic Party that it does, as they were told and” going to the streets “to punish their ideological enemies.

The Christian spokesman and author Alex McFarland Fox News said that Christians should continue to talk about the truth instead of silence.

“He inspired his steadfast faith, his deep love of God and the deep patriotism whoever knows him.”

“Our Christian brother and our colleague Patriot, Charlie Kirk, have been killed for the rest of us, and this indicates how all our future is suspended in the scale,” said McFarland, who is based in North Carolina.

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“We invite everyone to pray for the wife of Charlie, our children and our nation, and I invite my fellow clerics to declare the truth with courage and invitation to darkness,” said McFarland, who is participating in exploring the word on the American Family Radio Network.

“We have to remain vocal. It will win the truth in the end. Meanwhile, we are in a battle – and each of us must rise to the moment and speak the truth.”