Friends and colleagues of late Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk honored his humble beginning, fierce faith and extraordinary life on the primetime special "Charlie Kirk: An American Original."

The program wove their anecdotes with flashbacks of Kirk’s own words, including his recounting of what happened after his dream of going to West Point fell through at age 18.

"I remember that summer of 2012, I had no money, no connections and no idea what I was doing," Kirk said in a 2018 interview. "But I had relentless energy and a vision, and I was willing to take a risk. Only in America is that possible."

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Kirk, a married father of two, was assassinated on Sept. 10 while speaking to students at Utah Valley University. 

He credited his own feeling of "isolation" in high school for what inspired him to start a conservative nonprofit to connect like-minded students, and he went viral for debating students on their campuses around the country. 

"When Charlie started out with this, this was never about attention or getting on TV or having a show," OutKick host Tomi Lahren said. "What he wanted most, was he just wanted to spread the message."

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Fox News host Will Cain praised Kirk’s influence in educating college students, arguing he was, in theory, "one of the most influential professors" in the nation.

"If we took a survey right now of 17-, 18-, 19-, 20-year-olds on college campuses and asked them who were the most influential people in their own education, I would probably put Charlie Kirk against any one of their professors," Cain said. 

Kirk’s impact reached voters of all ages, with late businessman and GOP donor Foster Friess describing what Turning Point USA meant to him. 

"What Turning Point means to me is, these young people love America, where people on the Left, I don’t think they really think about all this investment — that soldiers had died, and sailors had died, and all these people that made our country what it is."

Kirk’s friends found different ways of commending his intelligence, and agreed on what was "central" to his life.

"Charlie lived the ethos of His will be done," Fox News host Laura Ingraham said. "’If my actions and my words aren’t pleasing ultimately to my Creator, I’m not successful.’" 

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Evangelical leader Pastor Jack Hibbs called Kirk "one of the greatest examples" of a human and an American, but "most of all" a Christian.

OutKick host Riley Gaines said people like Kirk "revolutionized" her, making her realize the "value in being a patriot" and a Christian. 

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"He made me understand the freedoms that we are so blessed to have here in America," Gaines said. 

Fox News contributor Jason Chaffetz, who witnessed Kirk’s assassination, shared a heartfelt message for Kirk’s widow Erika and their two young children, noting what he found "admirable" about him.

"When they get older, and they can only watch their dad on video, they're gonna look at that time at UVU as the place that took their dad's life, but I want his wife and I want his kids to know that the first question that he got was about his religion," Chaffetz said. 

"And he was so eloquent in saying, 'Look, I don't expect everybody to agree with me. We're all on our own journey of faith." 

"He loved young people, he wanted to help young people, and he didn't deserve this," President Donald Trump told "Fox & Friends" after Kirk's assassination. "He was truly a good person."

In 2018, Kirk described Turning Point USA not as a think tank, but a "battle tank" that will fight the "culture war."

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"Our generation is going to have a very big decision, whether we are going to go down the path of socialism or we embrace the foundational principles of free market capitalism and smaller government," Kirk had warned. "I know that I am going to be fighting with every ounce that I have to save the greatest country ever to exist."

Fox Nation subscribers can stream "Charlie Kirk: An American Original" on Sept. 14. 

Federal prosecutors have indicted the founder and several leaders of the House of Prayer Christian Churches of America, accusing the Georgia-based ministry of running a decades-long, $22 million fraud scheme that targeted U.S. military members and veterans.

Following the indictment, the FBI on Wednesday conducted a raid near Augusta, Georgia, arresting leaders after years of allegations that the church operated like a cult and preyed on military communities nationwide.

FBI Atlanta public affairs specialist Jenna Sellitto confirmed to Fox News Digital it carried out a raid at a home in Columbia County, Georgia, and made authorized arrests related to the church investigation. 

Sellitto said she could not immediately release the identities of those taken into custody.

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The charges come after the FBI in June 2022 raided at least three churches associated with the House of Prayer Christian Churches in Georgia and Texas, established just miles from Fort Gordon, Fort Stewart and Fort Hood.

Following the 2022 raid, the Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a forfeiture motion for almost $150,000 claiming the church and its Bible seminary swindled hundreds of military members out of more than $22 million.

The indictment, filed Thursday in the Southern District of Georgia, charges church founder Rony Denis and church leaders Anthony Oloans, 54, Joseph Fryar, 51, Dennis Nostrand, 55, Gerard Robertson, 57, David Reip, 52, Marcus Labat, 42, and Omar Garcia, 40, with a series of crimes including bank fraud, wire fraud, misuse of Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) education benefits and false tax returns.

Denis, whose true identity remains unknown but who obtained U.S. citizenship in 2002, is accused of exercising strict control over members through intimidation, manipulation and forced obedience, according to the indictment.

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Leaders allegedly aided in the manipulation by maintaining members’ personal information, controlling their finances and orchestrating divorces and property transfers.

Dating back to at least 2004, prosecutors allege the church orchestrated "straw buyer real estate purchases," using church members’ names to obtain mortgages under false pretenses and then transferring the properties to entities under its control.

Church leaders allegedly collected more than $5.2 million in rental income from 2018 to 2020 while allowing mortgages to default, according to the indictment.

Prosecutors also accuse the leaders of defrauding the VA by falsely certifying students for GI Bill benefits through HOPCC-affiliated Bible seminaries.

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Funds intended for veterans’ education were instead diverted to church leaders and affiliated entities, according to the indictment.

In addition to the other crimes, court documents note Denis allegedly aided in filing false joint tax returns in 2018, 2019 and 2020, resulting in claims of hundreds of thousands of fraudulent refunds each year.

In a motion to designate the case as complex and exclude time under the Speedy Trial Act, prosecutors claim they reviewed more than 175 bank accounts, conducted dozens of witness interviews, executed five search warrants across four states, and seized more than 100 electronic devices and 80 boxes of documents.

"The defendants are accused of exploiting trust, faith, and even the service of our nation’s military members to enrich themselves," said Paul Brown, special agent in charge of FBI Atlanta. "This indictment makes clear that using coercion, manipulation, and fraud under the guise of religion will not shield wrongdoers from accountability."

More than 200 grand jury subpoenas were issued in the alleged fraud schemes, which spanned nearly two decades and involved 150 to 200 properties, according to court documents.

Denis is being represented by attorney Steven Sadow, who was lead counsel for President Donald Trump during his Georgia election interference case. Sadow could not immediately be reached for comment.

The Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's requests for additional information about Denis' citizenship status and identity.