Charlie Kirk's funeral has just gotten underway at a packed State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, but it's already clear that the Kirk family and Turning Point USA are allowing God to use this tragedy for good.
Independent journalist Nick Sortor was at the stadium at 4 am, and reported that "tens of thousands of patriots" were already in line.
🚨 INCREDIBLE! It’s just 4am here in Arizona, and the line for Charlie Kirk’s memorial is now a SEA of TENS OF THOUSANDS of patriots
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) September 21, 2025
This is HISTORIC!
America is turning out for Charlie! 🇺🇸❤️ pic.twitter.com/NnFphusR1Z
The stadium itself was filled to capacity more than an hour before the event started, and the nearby Desert Diamond Stadium was filling up.
Charlie, the harvest plentiful, and now, we have a whole lot more workers. pic.twitter.com/tYL3Gjorlt
— Andrew Kolvet (@AndrewKolvet) September 21, 2025
And we’re in! 🥵😁❤️ The main stadium was full…we’re in the overflow Desert Diamond Arena space. Not quite the same but happy to have a seat anyway. pic.twitter.com/izUzn2VnJI
— Sibley (@SibleyBoss) September 21, 2025
Planes filled with mourners headed to Arizona for the service, and on this one passengers sang all of the verses of "Amazing Grace" as the plane landed.
Entire airplanes full of passengers are singing "Amazing Grace" as they touch down in Phoenix for Charlie Kirk's funeral!
— Mark Lynch (@MarkLynchSC) September 21, 2025
How great is our God?!? pic.twitter.com/GY4CHm2kPc
In the week and a half since Charlie was taken from us, tens of thousands of people have testified that their faith has been renewed or that they started attending church again because Charlie's living testimony spoke to their souls. Many of those people also made their way to Arizona, as Scott Adams' friend did.
My California friend describes why she is attending the Charlie Kirk memorial in Arizona today. pic.twitter.com/SxCIbYU2HK
— Scott Adams (@ScottAdamsSays) September 21, 2025
The text message he screenshot reads, "Yes. I felt a calling after binge watching his movement. I've felt a renewal of my faith too. He was special and in death he's testifying."
Riley Gaines, a TPUSA ambassador whose campus speeches have been targeted by violent leftists, flew out to Arizona on her due date to honor Charlie and support the Kirk family.
🔥WOW. Erika Kirk was texting Riley Gaines about a gift for her upcoming baby the morning prior to the assassination and @Riley_Gaines_ flew all the way from Tennessee to Arizona on her due date to be at Charlie Kirk’s Memorial.
— Johnny St.Pete (@JohnMcCloy) September 21, 2025
Riley laughs about the notion of her water… pic.twitter.com/PE9AzX3mBz
Another pregnant woman, my friend Natalie Sauer, traveled from Southern California to be there.
The number of smiles and hugs here are overwhelming.
— Tom Sauer (@thomasbsauer) September 21, 2025
For Charlie. pic.twitter.com/cXP47aIIUd
I wonder how many babies will be named after Charlie in the coming months?
TPUSA left placards in the stadium seats with a pencil sketch of Charlie and the verse from Isaiah 6:8, "Here I am Lord, send me."
So proud to be here to celebrate the memory of a man that cannot be replaced. @charliekirk11 pic.twitter.com/IahjbA9ZyN
— The Older Millennial (@teameffujoe) September 21, 2025
My friend Tim (a great North Carolinian) and his family, who are traveling the country in an RV this year while homeschooling, made their way to Phoenix for the funeral. They made it in early, and Tim observed that many of the attendees knew all the words to all the worship songs being performed. Wow.
I don't know how many they've let in (60k??) but half know all the words to the songs. https://t.co/dREvu0E1C4
— disobey and live 🇺🇲 (@pigliondog) September 21, 2025
As dark as this time in American history is, it's undeniable that God is working to change hearts and reminding us of the power of Christlike love.
Turning Point Action COO Tyler Bowyer, who's been with Charlie and Turning Point basically since the beginning, said that Charlie wanted to fill a stadium for a Turning Point event, but also had a goal to bring the Holy Spirit to a Trump rally.
Charlie Kirk always wanted to fill a stadium for a Turning Point event, you did it Charlie.
— Turning Point Action (@TPAction_) September 21, 2025
- @tylerbowyer pic.twitter.com/jLW9zxOCgz
You did both, Charlie. Still changing lives from the other side of the veil, and I have a feeling that will be happening for decades to come.
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