The memorial for conservative activist Charlie Kirk , fatally shot at a Utah university earlier this month, opened with emotional speeches that blended grief, gratitude, and faith.

Pastor Rob McCoy, Kirk’s longtime pastor, began by thanking Turning Point USA staff for staging the organization’s largest-ever event and assuring the crowd it was “alive and well.”

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McCoy said others would recount Kirk’s accomplishments, but as his pastor, his role was to explain “the why in what he did.” He declared that Kirk wanted Jesus to be the “guest

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