"In a world filled with doubt, chaos, and uncertainty, my husband's voice will remain," Erika Kirk (pictured above) stated when she addressed the nation last week following her husband's assassination. "It will ring out louder and more clearly than ever, and his wisdom will endure."
"The movement my husband built will not die. I refuse to let that happen," she said. "It will become stronger, bolder, louder, and greater than ever."
She encouraged young people to strengthen that effort by finding and joining their local Turning Point USA chapters.
"If you can't find a chapter, start one," Erika added.
Since then, the organization has reportedly received around 37,000 requests to start new chapters on high school and college campuses.
The massive surge in inquiries is dramatically advancing Turning Point USA's impact from the already 900 official college chapters and approximately 1,200 high school chapters.
Jenna Ellis, who knew Kirk for nearly a decade, says even she had no idea of Charlie's worldwide influence. She believes the enemy meant this "senseless tragedy" for evil, but God is using it for good.
"What we're seeing is an incredible response to the prompting of the Holy Spirit in Christians, in students across campus, but also a renewal and a revival of students," Ellis observes.
People of all ages reportedly went to church just this past weekend, some for the first time, some for the first time in a long time, and Ellis says even in death, Charlie continues to promote the truth of the gospel of Christ.
"The fact that Turning Point can use this moment to expand Charlie's mission in such an explosive way I think is so phenomenal, and he would have loved seeing that," the radio host adds.
In addition to the abundance of requests for new chapters, Turning Point has also received hundreds of offers from people who want to work for the organization. They want to help however they can.
"If you thought that my husband's mission was powerful before, you have no idea … what you have just unleashed across this entire country and this world," Erika Kirk said in her speech.
Kirk's celebration of life ceremony is scheduled for next Sunday at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz.
