Why Churches Must Confront the Kirk Assassination: Binding the Wounded Body

Now is the time to transform our national grief into communal grace.

Artist Erica Arndts puts the finishing touches on a mural honoring Charlie Kirk in Waynesville, Ohio, on Sept. 19, 2025. Jeff Louderback/The Epoch Times

Commentary

In the wake of the shocking assassination of prominent conservative commentator Charlie Kirk, it seems that some church leaders have chosen to remain conspicuously silent, much as they did after the attempted murder in 2024 of then-presidential candidate Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania.