Overview

• At least three large churches, including Prestonwood Baptist in Texas, Dream City Church in Arizona, and Awaken Church in California, played an AI-voiced message attributed to Charlie Kirk during services.
• Pastors stated the audio was artificial before playing it, yet congregations applauded and in some cases gave standing ovations.
• The widely shared 51‑second audio appears to have originated on TikTok from the user NioScript, according to reporting by Gizmodo.
• The clip declares lines such as “I’m fine… because my soul is secure in Christ” and “Death is not the end. It’s a promotion,” alongside calls to persevere in faith and conservative causes.
• The church screenings are part of a broader flood of AI tributes featuring religious imagery, prompting scrutiny from journalists and researchers over consent, false memories, and the evolving use of grief technologies after Kirk’s Sept. 10 killing and the arrest of a suspect.