Orem • More than two months after the assassination of conservative political activist Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University, thousands of fellow Christians gathered Sunday on the Orem school’s campus to pledge themselves to Jesus.

Greg Laurie , founder of Harvest Crusades and senior pastor of Harvest Christian Fellowship in Southern California, hosted the evangelical event and spoke to a crowd of 8,000 or so at the UCCU Center with thousands more watching an online livestream.

Laurie explained that while what happened to “our friend” Kirk was a tragedy and wake-up call to many Christians, the most important name in the conversation should be Jesus.

“The moment [Kirk] took his last breath on Earth, he took his first breath in heaven,” Laurie said. “And that’s where he is now. Not b

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