Which other megachurch pastors have spoken at TPUSA Faith events since 2021?
Executive summary
Since 2021 Turning Point USA’s faith arm, TPUSA Faith, has featured a slate of high-profile religious speakers at its Pastors Summits and related events, including figures named in TPUSA’s own materials and media coverage — Lucas Miles, Charlie Kirk, Greg Laurie, Samuel Rodríguez, Rob McCoy, and appearances by cultural commentators such as Matt Walsh [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]. Public reporting and TPUSA materials identify some of these men as leading pastors or faith leaders who have spoken at TPUSA Faith gatherings, but only a subset are explicitly described in the sources as “megachurch” pastors, and the record in the provided reporting is incomplete [2] [3].
1. Who TPUSA Faith lists and media report as speakers
TPUSA’s event pages and contemporaneous reporting show Lucas Miles as TPUSA Faith’s on‑stage pastor and director, and list him regularly hosting Freedom Night and the Pastors Summit [1] [6] [7], while ChurchLeaders and TPUSA promotion also named Greg Laurie, Charlie Kirk, and Samuel Rodríguez among scheduled summit speakers [2] [7]. Coverage of TPUSA Faith’s Pastors Summit names additional onstage figures including Rob McCoy and Matt Walsh, and describes wide participation from pastors across denominations at large summits in 2023 and 2025 [3] [8] [5].
2. Which of those speakers are explicitly identified as megachurch pastors in the reporting
Among the names tied to TPUSA Faith events in the provided sources, only Rob McCoy is explicitly described in reporting as a “California megachurch pastor” who spoke at a TPUSA Faith Pastors Summit [3] [8]. The other men who appear on TPUSA speaker lists — Greg Laurie and Samuel Rodríguez — are presented as speakers or featured guests in ChurchLeaders and TPUSA materials but those specific sources do not label them “megachurch pastors” in the excerpts provided here, so the reporting at hand does not itself establish that designation [2] [7].
3. Why labels and definitions matter for the record
“Megachurch pastor” is a descriptive term with implications about audience reach, institutional influence, and political weight; it is therefore significant to only apply that label where the reporting does. TPUSA’s own event pages emphasize building a broad pastoral network and name Lucas Miles as a host and director, but TPUSA materials in the supplied set do not call Miles a megachurch pastor [1] [6]. Independent outlets covering the summit focused on the political and theological thrust of the programming — for example, Word&Way highlighted Rob McCoy’s role and the summit’s call to cultural engagement — and thus identified McCoy with the megachurch descriptor [3] [8].
4. The political and institutional context the sources reveal
The reporting shows TPUSA Faith positioning itself as an engine to “equip pastors” and unify conservative Christians for public engagement, and its speaker roster blends evangelical pastors, influential faith leaders, and right‑leaning cultural figures — a mix that magnifies the political overtones critics note and the pastoral outreach TPUSA emphasizes [7] [4] [5]. Word&Way and ChurchLeaders cover the ideological tenor, with Word&Way explicitly linking Rob McCoy to Christian nationalism narratives and describing calls for a long-term cultural “cleansing” by speakers [3] [8], while TPUSA’s own recaps frame the gatherings as pastoral encouragement and equipping [4] [7].
5. Limitations in the public reporting and what remains uncertain
The available documents list speakers and describe the summit’s aims, but they do not provide an exhaustive, source‑verified roster of every megachurch pastor who has ever appeared at TPUSA Faith events since 2021; nor do these excerpts consistently label speakers’ institutional sizes or denominational titles [1] [2] [3] [4] [7]. Consequently, the clearest, citation‑backed conclusion from the supplied material is that Rob McCoy is a named megachurch pastor who spoke at TPUSA Faith, while Greg Laurie, Samuel Rodríguez, Lucas Miles, Charlie Kirk, and others are documented speakers or hosts but not explicitly called “megachurch pastors” within these particular sources [2] [3] [8] [7].