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Erika Kirk says husband’s death sparked ‘revival’ at memorial

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Erika Kirk told a stadium full of mosques in Arizona that the death of her late husband had sparked “revival” throughout the country.

“Instead, we saw what my husband was always praying in this country. We have seen a revival,” she told the audience that gathered on Saturday to honor Charlie Kerk, who was tragicly killed on the university campus at Utah Valley University on September 10.

“After the assassination of Charlie, we did not see the violence. I haven’t seen a riot. We haven’t seen a revolution.”

Erika Kirk, before the memorial service, inspires the Christian employee to stay “rooted in faith”

Erika Kirk became emotional during a memorial service for her husband, the suspended conservative Charlie Kerk, at the State Pharm Stadium in Arizona, September 21, 2025. (Reuters/Carlos Baria)

After a series of other prominent speakers, including Foreign Minister Marco Rubio and Vice president JD Vance, two mother got permanent applause as soon as they are on the stage.

Even Erika Kirk remembered the painful moment in the hospital after she saw that her husband had been shot.

“I saw the wound that ended his life,” she said. “I was shocked. I felt terrifying and a level of heartache, I didn’t even know his existence,” she added.

But when the execution of Charlie Kerk sent shock waves all over the country and made my condolences from all over the world, Erika Kirk insisted that the tragedy sparked spiritual renewal.

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Conservative activist Charlie Kerk was filmed with his wife, Erika Kirk, on stage at an event earlier this year in Phoenix. Erika Kirk has since moved to the spotlight after his death. (Samuel Corome/Getty Emose)

“Last week, we saw people open the Bible for the first time in a decade. We have seen people praying for the first time since they were children. We have seen people going to serve the church for the first time in their entire life.”

Erika also urged the believers to take responsibility for caring for this moment.

She said: “All of you are already believers, it is your job to sponsor these people. Do not take it lightly. Water the seed of their faith. Protect it and help it grow.”

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I was closed by honoring Kirk’s dedication. “He left this world without remorse,” she said.

“He did 100 % of what he could every day. But I want you to know something. Charlie died with incomplete deeds, but not with incomplete deeds. I will miss him.”

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2025-09-22 01:49:00

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