Leaving church after your pastor stays quiet? (Charlie Kirk reaction)

On Wednesday, September 10, 2025, Charlie Kirk was shot and killed during a Turning Point USA college tour stop at Utah Valley University. In the weeks since, memorials and reactions have poured in across the country, including a stadium service in Arizona where faith and grief took center stage.

In this UPD conversation, Jonny Hanson and Andy Lamb process the moment through Scripture and discipleship. We talk about the pull toward outrage online, why prayer is not inaction, how pastors should lead with the gospel, and why leaving a faithful church over silence or disagreement risks elevating politics above Jesus. We reflect on passages like Luke 22, James 1, 2 Chronicles 20, and Romans 10:9, calling believers to repentance, unity, and enemy-love in a violent world.

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