Frank Turek gives emotional testimony at Charlie Kirk memorial service
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During the Great Commemoration ceremony on Sunday, Christian writer Frank Turek gave an emotional tribute to the US founder Charlie Kirk and reminded both the last moments of the conservative activist and the strong belief.
Arizona, speaking at the State Farm Stadium in Glendale, tens of thousands of mourning and before the political leader, Turek said Kirk was 25 meters away when he was killed at the Utah Valley University in Orem on September 10th.
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“He asked me to share with you what happened after this shot on September 10,” Erika Kirk said to the crowd. “When this shot exploded, I took a step towards him, but the security team was right on him.… For me, like a son, I ran to the security team and ran together to SUV.”
Frank Turek speaks during a commemoration ceremony for the conservative commentator Charlie Kirk, who was murdered at the State Farm Stadium in Glendale, September 21, 2025, on September 21, 2025. (Daniel Cole/Reuters)
In the vehicle, Turek announced how team members were fighting to make first aid, but Kirk said he died instantly. He also guaranteed that he had no pain in the last moments of the conservative activist.
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“I want you to know that we do everything we can to save Charlie.” He said. “But Charlie was already gone. His face was looking at mine, but he wasn’t looking at me. He was looking at me forever. And if there was no comfort, I learned that Charlie didn’t feel painful. He died instantly.”
Charlie Kirk, left and his wife Erika, on January 19, 2025 during the US opening-uve ball at Washington, DC, Salamander Hotel (Samuel Corum/Getty Images)
About five years ago, Turek asked him if he would guide him about the evidence of Christianity.
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“Now, it will be difficult to guide someone smarter than you.” He said. “However, the only thing that transcends Charlie’s mind was his humility, and that’s why he wanted me to share with him a few things I didn’t know.”
Turek told the audience that Charlie Kirk is now in heaven, but not because of public achievements or political influence.
The participants are holding signs at the Commemoration Service for Political Activist Charlie Kirk in Glendale, Arizona on September 21, 2025. (Eric Thayer/Getty Images)
“Now, I want you to know that Charlie is currently in heaven.” He said. “Not because he was a big husband and father, but not because he saved millions of children from the dark on the college campuses, not because he changed his minds and sacrificed himself for himself to save the votes to save the country. Charlie Kirk sacrificed himself for his savior Charlie Kirk.”
The author also praised Erika Kirk, the mother of his two children, who married Charlie Kirk in 2021 and described him as “the power of nature”.
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Turek, “Every morning Erika gets up, the devil screams, ‘Oh no. Awake again!” He said. “And ladies and gentlemen, let us honor Jesus. Let’s honor Charlie. Let us honor Erika, so when we wake up every morning when we scream the devil, ‘Oh, no! They wake up again. They are born again.’
