The assassination of Charlie Kirk appears to have sparked a renewed interest in Christianity among young people - a demographic that has been turning more secular for decades.
The weekend after the Turning Point USA founder was shot the pastor for a church in Pittsburgh said new congregants arrived in busloads for the Sunday service.
'I’ll be honest with you, I am in my forties, so I was caught off guard by the response from people who are in my church in their twenties. They were much more in tune with Charlie’s influence than I was,' Pastor Jason Howard told The Washington Examiner.
Though Kirk grew up Presbyterian, it has been Catholicism specifically that has seen a boost on college campuses.
Matt Zerrusen, co-founder of Newman Ministry, a Catholic nonprofit that operates on about 250 campuses nationwide, said that the church leaders he has spoken with are reporting bigger crowds.
