Professionally, Charlie Kirk will be known for creating and growing the Turning Point USA movement. However, personally, he made the decision early on that his faith in Jesus Christ would be at the center of all. That decision for Christ came in 5th grade at Christian Heritage Academy.

"I heard a hot gospel," Kirk said in a podcast in 2024. "And so I realized the stakes in 5th grade. I'm a sinner, I'm selfish, I'm broken and only thanks to Jesus's perfect sacrifice, coming and living a perfect life that I get something I do not earn but has been given to me, this free gift of eternal life."

Another important decision around that time came when his parents left a liberal version of the Presbyterian Church, something he discussed with CBN News six years ago.

"When I was 12 or 13 years old

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