Charlie Kirk and Andrew Wommack Challenge the Church to Rise Up and Vote in the 2024 Election

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Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA, joined Andrew Wommack at Charis Bible College for a powerful evening addressing the crisis facing America and the church's critical role in the upcoming election. With stunning statistics showing 51% of evangelical Christians planning to sit out the election, Kirk delivered an urgent wake-up call about the consequences of Christian apathy. From the border crisis and modern-day slavery to abortion victories under Trump, Kirk dismantled the excuses keeping pastors silent and believers home. Andrew Wommack emphasized biblical stewardship and supporting other ministries' visions, while Lucas Miles warned against the church becoming inoperative and irrelevant. This wasn't just another political rally, it was a clarion call for the body of Christ to stop being cut flowers without foundation and reclaim their role as the conscience of the state.

October 19, 2024

The Church's Missing Voice in America's Battle

Charlie Kirk stood before a packed auditorium at Charis Bible College in Colorado, delivering what may be one of the most important messages to the American church in this election cycle. Partnering with Andrew Wommack and Turning Point USA, this Freedom Night in America event wasn't just another political gathering—it was a direct challenge to the body of Christ to wake up and engage in the battle for the nation's soul.

Kirk opened by acknowledging the gravity of the moment: "If Kamala Harris wins, it will be because the church handed her the presidency. It is the only missing ingredient that we see right now." His assessment wasn't based on speculation but on hard data from George Barna, the gold standard of polling, showing that 51% of evangelical Christians are planning to stay home on election day.

The statistics paint a sobering picture. Young people are becoming more conservative in historic numbers. Working-class Americans—truck drivers, plumbers, electricians, welders, and police officers—are rising up. Mothers are showing up at school board meetings in unprecedented numbers. The only demographic failing to engage is the one that should care most: the church.

Why Christians Are Sitting Out

Kirk identified three primary reasons for Christian apathy in this election. The first is what he called "a spirit of pomposity and self-righteousness" among some pastors who declare they cannot vote for Donald Trump because he's a sinner. Kirk pointed out the obvious theological flaw: "We are all sinners that fall short of the glory of God and we need Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior."

The second excuse revolves around Trump's pro-life credentials. Kirk, who describes himself as 100% pro-life and has the battle scars to prove it, challenged this narrative head-on. He reminded the audience that under Trump's presidency, the reversal of Roe v. Wade became reality—something even Ronald Reagan couldn't accomplish. Ten states have now abolished abortion completely, including Texas, Oklahoma, and the Dakotas.

"It took a billionaire from New York who wouldn't always necessarily go to church and lived a colorful life—not part of that spirit of pomposity and self-righteousness and sanctimonious garbage we see in our church too often—to get in the arena to fight for babies and save their lives," Kirk declared.

The third reason Christians cite for staying home is cynicism about election integrity. Kirk called this attitude a sin, referencing the Book of Numbers where God despised the Israelites' complaining and despair in the wilderness. He pointed out that in 2020, despite all the controversy, the election came down to just 41,000 ballots across Arizona, Wisconsin, and Georgia—and millions of potential voters stayed home believing their votes wouldn't matter.

Biblical Stewardship and Kingdom Investment

Before Kirk took the stage, Andrew Wommack laid crucial groundwork about biblical stewardship, teaching from Luke 16 about the parable of the unjust steward. Wommack emphasized that being faithful with money is actually the least use of faith, not the most difficult. More importantly, he taught that faithfulness in stewarding another person's vision opens the door for God to finance your own vision.

"This says that if you haven't been faithful stewarding money to help another person's vision, who's going to give you money for your own vision," Wommack explained. This principle applies not just to financial giving but to supporting movements and causes that align with biblical values—like the work of Turning Point USA in mobilizing Christian voters.

Wommack also referenced a Pew Research study showing the catastrophic decline of Christianity in America. In 1972, 90% of Americans identified as Christian. By 2022, that number had plummeted to 63%, while those claiming no religion rose from 5% to 28%. If the trend continues, in 10 to 15 years, less than half of Americans will identify as Christian, and within 20 years, more than half will say they don't believe in God at all.

The Church Under Invasion

Lucas Miles, who now leads Turning Point Faith under Kirk's leadership, addressed the audience about the dual crisis facing the church. While he's written extensively about woke ideology infiltrating progressive Christianity, he turned his focus to evangelical and charismatic churches that have become "inoperative, impotent, inert, irrelevant, immaterial, and incidental."

"Incidental means of minor importance and unlikely to affect the outcome," Miles explained. "If we are going to truly see righteousness reign in America again, if we're to see evil pushed back, we have to get out of those identities as the church and we need to rise up and remind the world and the people of God that the church is called to be the conscience to the state."

Miles tackled the problematic theology of extreme sovereignty doctrine that has paralyzed many Christians into inaction. The belief that "God's in control" and "whatever He wants will happen" has led believers to abdicate their responsibility. Miles pointed out the inconsistency: "Ironically, those people still get up and go to the refrigerator and get dinner. If God wanted you to eat, wouldn't He just float it over there out of the fridge and drop it in your lap?"

Using the parable of the talents from Matthew 25, Miles showed how burying your talent in the sand—failing to invest what God has given you—results in condemnation from the master. He told his congregation that even if Jesus returns on November 6th, Christians should still steward well by voting on November 5th.

The Economic Reality Under Biden-Harris

Kirk addressed the economic devastation under the current administration, framing it in biblical terms of property ownership and stewardship. Private property is a Christian virtue, he explained, pointing to Abraham's purchase of land in Hebron as the first recorded real estate transaction in the Bible.

Under Trump's presidency, a family could buy a home earning $75,000 per year. Now it requires $130,000—nearly $150,000 in the Denver metro area. Housing costs have nearly doubled in four years due to Kamala Harris's policies, including $6 trillion in unnecessary government spending that inflated asset prices and the allowance of 10 million illegal immigrants who need housing.

"We are becoming a nation of renters," Kirk warned. "When you have 10 million new people come into your country and those people need a place to live, it will raise the asset price as well."

The Border Crisis: Modern-Day Slavery

Perhaps Kirk's most passionate and morally urgent argument concerned the border crisis and human trafficking. He asked whether pastors would be in error for not speaking against slavery in America's past. Then he delivered the devastating truth: there are more people being sold into slavery in America right now than at any time in the last couple hundred years.

Kirk detailed how the Biden-Harris administration eliminated DNA testing at the border—a 90-second process that could verify whether adults claiming children were actually related to them. Without this safeguard, 13-year-old girls who've been raped multiple times on their journey north are claimed by muscular 35-year-old pimps as their "daughters" and allowed into the country to become sex slaves.

"There are 320,000 kids that we know of that have gone missing, many of whom are now teenage prostitutes and sex slaves for the cartel in the interior of the United States. But the church is silent," Kirk declared. "This is not happening in Afghanistan. This is not happening in some far-off distant land. This is on our turf, this is in our own nation."

He challenged pastors directly: "Pastors are too interested in bigger buildings and more budgets and not in the fact that kids—God's children—are being sold as sex slaves in our own country."

Debunking the Open Borders Theology

Kirk also addressed the false theology being promoted by what he called "wokey pastors" through campaigns like the "He Gets Us" advertisements. These pastors claim Jesus wanted open borders, but Kirk dismantled this argument biblically.

"Jesus and the scriptures call for us to love the sojourner, to love the foreigner. However, borders is an explicitly biblical idea," Kirk explained. He pointed out that Trump's favorite book of the Bible is Nehemiah—the entire book is about building a wall.

Kirk traced the biblical concept of national sovereignty back to Genesis 11 and the Tower of Babel, where God scattered people into different nations with different languages because He rejected Nimrod's vision of a one-world government. "God wanted smaller micro-communities of governance, not the World Economic Forum, which of course is what Kamala is pushing us towards."

The Arizona Ground Game

Despite the challenges, Kirk shared encouraging news from battleground states. In Arizona, where he focuses much of his energy, Republicans are beating Democrats in early voting and crushing them in voter registration. They were down 18 points at this point in 2020; now they're up 12 points.

In Georgia and North Carolina, despite the devastating hurricane that left people without power, internet, or homes, voters are crawling over debris to cast their ballots in record numbers. "The highest ever turnout they've seen in Western North Carolina," Kirk reported.

Turning Point USA operates the largest get-out-the-vote turnout operation in the country with one goal: to get Donald Trump back in the White House to save the country. With over 40 staff members calling on pastors daily, Turning Point Faith is working to mobilize the sleeping giant of the American church.

A Call to Reject Cynicism and Despair

Kirk called cynicism and despair a sin, reminding Christians that every action should glorify God—from what we eat to who we marry to how we vote. He rejected the argument that voting isn't 100% secure by pointing out that he can 100% guarantee Democrats will take over the country if Christians don't vote.

Hundreds of cities have tightened election security since 2020, and there are secure ways to vote—whether walking your mail-in ballot directly to the county recorder's office or voting in person on election day.

"The easiest way to make sure your vote won't be counted is not to vote," Kirk stated plainly.

Higher Standards for Trump Than Pastors

In one of the evening's most pointed challenges, Kirk addressed Christians who hold Trump to a higher standard than their own pastors. "Don't hold Donald Trump to a higher standard than you hold your pastor to. If I have to hear from another Christian, 'Well, you know, Donald Trump's not as pro-life as me,' I say, 'Well, has your pastor spoke out regularly against the slaughter of the unborn?' 'Well, no, my pastor doesn't do politics.' Oh, so you want Donald Trump to speak out on holy matters when the person you tithe and offer to, that you call your home church, won't even whisper about it? Got it."

Kirk also reminded the audience that George W. Bush, whom many Christians supported, had a pro-choice wife and never spoke at the March for Life or appointed pro-life justices. Yet Trump, despite his imperfections, delivered the reversal of Roe v. Wade and appointed three solidly pro-life Supreme Court justices.

The Church as the Conscience of the State

Throughout the evening, speakers emphasized that the church's proper role is not to conform to culture but to lead it. A church should be a place of correction and salvation, not affirmation and motivation. As Kirk put it, "Church is not a place where you go to be affirmed. Church is a place where you go to be saved and corrected."

The comparison to historical moments of moral crisis was clear. Just as silence during slavery was consent, and silence during the Holocaust was consent, silence now in the face of abortion on demand, human trafficking, and the persecution of Christian values is consent.

"Don't judge the world for their failure if the church is silent," Kirk warned. "We will be held to a higher account."

Truth and Liberty's Mobilization Efforts

The evening also highlighted the extensive work of Truth and Liberty Coalition in Colorado. The organization has printed and distributed over 3.5 million voter guides—both in paper and digital formats—across all six regions of Colorado. These nonpartisan, 501(c)(3)-compliant guides show voters where candidates stand on issues without telling them how to vote.

Their digital campaign is already making a measurable difference in turnout, and they've successfully flipped multiple school boards from progressive to conservative control. Truth and Liberty has also launched a new website at truthandliberty.net featuring a comprehensive resource center with links to hundreds of articles, training materials, historical documents, and America's founding documents.

The organization created a Civic Action Checklist available via QR code, providing practical steps every Christian can take to engage in the political process—from registering to vote and picking up voter guides to sharing them with friends and family.

The Stakes Couldn't Be Higher

As the evening drew to a close, the message was unmistakable: America stands at a crossroads, and the church holds the key to which direction the nation will take. With George Barna predicting a 33% decrease in Christian voter turnout and the vast majority of pastors remaining silent about the election, the outcome hangs in the balance.

Kirk assessed the odds at 50/50, but made clear that it wouldn't be close if the church would simply do what it's called to do. "If 31 million evangelicals are planning to stay at home, it's easy to blame them, but who deserves the condemnation and the challenging? The trembling pastors that shake like a leaf if you dare say anything that might make people offended."

The evening concluded with a collection for Turning Point USA, with Andrew Wommack teaching on using money to affect your future in eternity and encouraging attendees to invest in another man's vision as an act of biblical stewardship.

Local political leaders in attendance included Congresswoman Lauren Boebert, Heidi Ganahl (2022 Republican nominee for governor), State Senator Mark Baisley, State Representative Stephanie Luck, Sheriff Jason Mikesell, and Congressional candidate Sergey Matveyuk, along with school officials and community leaders—all evidence that Colorado conservatives are organizing and fighting to turn their state red again.

With 18 days until the election, the message was clear: the church can no longer afford to be inoperative, impotent, or incidental. The battle for America's soul requires every Christian to rise up, vote, and reclaim their role as the conscience of the nation.

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