Which specific pastors and influencers have spoken at TPUSA Faith events and what did they say?
Executive summary
Turning Point USA’s faith arm, TPUSA Faith, has hosted a mix of conservative evangelicals, right-leaning cultural commentators and worship leaders—figures such as Charlie Kirk, Lucas Miles, Allie Beth Stuckey, Jonathan Isaac, Seth Gruber, Mack Brock, John Amanchukwu, Matt Walsh, Greg Laurie and Samuel Rodriguez—who have spoken to themes of cultural engagement, spiritual urgency and political mobilization [1] [2] [3] [4]. Public reporting shows some speakers offered specific warnings and prescriptions—Charlie Kirk called for a multi-year “exorcism” of the country’s cultural sins and criticized pastors’ conduct during COVID, while Pastor John Amanchukwu warned that “America is in trouble”—but many listed speakers appear in lineups without detailed, attributable quotes in the available sources [2] [1].
1. Who appears on TPUSA Faith stages: names and roles
TPUSA Faith’s published lineups and event pages identify a roster that blends movement leaders, pastors and faith influencers: Charlie Kirk is the founder and a frequent speaker; Pastor Lucas Miles is the regular host and senior director of TPUSA Faith; public lists also include Allie Beth Stuckey, Jonathan Isaac, Seth Gruber and Christian musician Mack Brock, and TPUSA promoted sessions with Pastor John Amanchukwu and conservative commentator Matt Walsh, with later events naming Greg Laurie and Samuel Rodriguez among speakers [4] [1] [2] [3].
2. What some speakers explicitly said at events (documented quotes)
Reporting captures a few specific lines: at a TPUSA Faith Pastors Summit Charlie Kirk advocated for what he framed as a 10–15 year “exorcism” to cleanse cultural and spiritual rot, a metaphor used to urge long-term political and ecclesial action, and he publicly lamented that many church leaders “sacrificed their fight for liberty” during the COVID pandemic—an explanation he says motivated the launch of TPUSA Faith [2] [1]. Pastor John Amanchukwu warned congregants that “America is in trouble” and warned against “false prophets” who claim God is pleased with the nation’s trajectory, remarks highlighted by TPUSA Faith’s social posts [1].
3. Themes speakers emphasize: mobilization, doctrinal unity, and culture war framing
Across event descriptions and organizational messaging, speakers and TPUSA Faith materials emphasize defending “biblical principles,” rejecting “wokeism” in pulpits, equipping the church for cultural engagement, and preparing pastors for a unified doctrinal front—language that frames TPUSA Faith as both spiritual formation and political mobilization for conservative ends [5] [6] [7]. Organizers and speakers urge clergy and laypeople to “live out” faith in the public square and to approach activism with urgency, a motif consistent across summit descriptions [4] [1].
4. Who’s listed but not quoted: gaps in sourcing and limitations
Several prominent names appear in lineups without attributable speech transcripts or direct quotes in the provided reporting—Allie Beth Stuckey, Seth Gruber, Jonathan Isaac and Mack Brock are cited as featured speakers but their specific remarks at TPUSA Faith events are not documented in the available sources, so claims about what they “said” at those gatherings cannot be asserted from these materials [1]. Similarly, while Matt Walsh’s participation is reported, detailed quotations from him at a TPUSA Faith panel weren’t included in the snapshots provided [2].
5. Context, alternative readings and implicit agendas
Coverage signals that TPUSA Faith’s events are not merely religious assemblies but organized efforts to align clergy and congregations with a conservative cultural agenda: Word&Way’s reporting interprets Kirk’s “exorcism” language as advancing a post‑Trump, MAGA-oriented doctrine for future generations and observers note TPUSA’s explicit goal of countering cultural relativism and “wokeism” in pulpits—an agenda that can blur spiritual exhortation with partisan organizing [2] [5] [6]. TPUSA materials frame this as defending doctrine and equipping pastors, while critics frame it as politicizing the pulpit; the sources make both perspectives visible [5] [2].
6. What remains unconfirmed and how reporting could fill gaps
Public lineups and promotional pages establish who has been invited and who spoke in a general sense, but many quoted specifics are available only for a subset of speakers; fuller transparency—video archives, transcripts or contemporaneous reporting of individual addresses—would be needed to document verbatim remarks from Allie Beth Stuckey, Jonathan Isaac, Seth Gruber, Mack Brock, Greg Laurie, Samuel Rodriguez and others listed across TPUSA Faith events [1] [3]. The supplied sources do not provide complete transcripts, and reporting should be read with that evidentiary limit in mind.