There have been widespread reports of attendance surging at some evangelical churches. “Charlie had big plans, but God had even bigger plans,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said at the service in Arizona. Political scientist Ryan Burge of Washington University in St. Louis, a leading researcher into religious trends and a pastor, said recent history shows no examples of an enduring religious revival after a civic trauma. Gina Gleason, director of the political engagement team at Calvary Chapel Chino Hills, said she is already seeing more people coming back to church in the wake of Kirk’s death and expects the wave of engagement to grow. “Death awakens people to what is really important about life and funerals remind all of us about our own mortality.”Testimonies shared by ‘The Charlie Kirk Show’