{"id":18601,"date":"2026-06-08T22:31:39","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T17:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/at-tpusas-womens-summit-christian-influencers-say-feminism-threatens-motherhood\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T22:31:39","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T17:01:39","slug":"at-tpusas-womens-summit-christian-influencers-say-feminism-threatens-motherhood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/at-tpusas-womens-summit-christian-influencers-say-feminism-threatens-motherhood\/","title":{"rendered":"At TPUSA\u2019s women\u2019s summit, Christian influencers say feminism threatens motherhood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p><iframe title=\"Everlit Audio Player\" src=\"https:\/\/everlit.audio\/embeds\/artl_1Pn5bC2d5Za?client=wp&amp;client_version=3.1.5\" width=\"100%\" height=\"136px\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>SAN ANTONIO (RNS) \u2014 For many of the 3,000 women gathered at Turning Point USA\u2019s Women\u2019s Leadership Summit in San Antonio this weekend (June 5-7), feminism isn\u2019t just an unsavory byproduct of the radical left \u2014 it\u2019s antithetical to God\u2019s design for women.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt its core, feminism is a worldview that treats many of the things that make women uniquely women as obstacles to overcome, rather than divine gifts to embrace,\u201d said Erika Kirk, CEO of Turning Point USA and widow of TPUSA founder Charlie Kirk, in her opening speech Friday night.<\/p>\n<p>The message that feminism pushes women to prioritize career over the God-ordained callings of marriage and motherhood was a common refrain at the summit. And to many attendees, it resonated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUltimately, my goal is to become a mother and a wife. So, in a world that is very much dominated by the need to go into the workforce \u2026 it feels nice to be around people that are supporting something I\u2019ve strived for my whole life,\u201d Josie, a 19-year-old TPUSA chapter founder from Washington state, told RNS.<\/p>\n<p>A Catholic, Josie \u2014 who wore an \u201cit\u2019s not political it\u2019s Biblical\u201d pin to the event and, for privacy, asked to go by her first name only \u2014 told RNS her goals are a result of her faith. But according to recent polls, her views are becoming increasingly unpopular among her female peers. A Public Religion Research Institute poll from April, for example, found that 43% of adult women under 30 claim no religious affiliation, a significant jump from 29% in 2013.<\/p>\n<div id=\"gallery-1\" class=\"gallery galleryid-4262823 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium\">\n<figure class=\"gallery-item\">\n<div class=\"gallery-icon portrait\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/religionnews.com\/2026\/06\/08\/at-tpusas-womens-summit-christian-influencers-say-feminism-threatens-motherhood\/webrns-tpusa-women-texas08\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"277\" height=\"369\" src=\"https:\/\/religionnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/webRNS-TPUSA-Women-Texas08-277x369.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4262911\" srcset=\"https:\/\/religionnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/webRNS-TPUSA-Women-Texas08-277x369.jpg 277w, https:\/\/religionnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/webRNS-TPUSA-Women-Texas08-480x640.jpg 480w, https:\/\/religionnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/webRNS-TPUSA-Women-Texas08-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/religionnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/webRNS-TPUSA-Women-Texas08-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/religionnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/webRNS-TPUSA-Women-Texas08-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/religionnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/webRNS-TPUSA-Women-Texas08-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/religionnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/webRNS-TPUSA-Women-Texas08.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 277px) 100vw, 277px\"\/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text gallery-caption\" id=\"gallery-1-4262911\">\n\t\t\t\tJosie at the Turning Point USA Women\u2019s Leadership Summit, Saturday, June 6, 2026, in San Antonio, Texas. (RNS photo\/Kathryn Post)<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"gallery-item\">\n<div class=\"gallery-icon portrait\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/religionnews.com\/2026\/06\/08\/at-tpusas-womens-summit-christian-influencers-say-feminism-threatens-motherhood\/webrns-tpusa-women-texas04\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"277\" height=\"369\" src=\"https:\/\/religionnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/webRNS-TPUSA-Women-Texas04-277x369.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4262900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/religionnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/webRNS-TPUSA-Women-Texas04-277x369.jpg 277w, https:\/\/religionnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/webRNS-TPUSA-Women-Texas04-480x640.jpg 480w, https:\/\/religionnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/webRNS-TPUSA-Women-Texas04-768x1023.jpg 768w, https:\/\/religionnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/webRNS-TPUSA-Women-Texas04-1153x1536.jpg 1153w, https:\/\/religionnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/webRNS-TPUSA-Women-Texas04-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/religionnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/webRNS-TPUSA-Women-Texas04-600x799.jpg 600w, https:\/\/religionnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/webRNS-TPUSA-Women-Texas04.jpg 1201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 277px) 100vw, 277px\"\/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text gallery-caption\" id=\"gallery-1-4262900\">\n\t\t\t\tTurning Point USA CEO Erika Kirk speaks at the Women\u2019s Leadership Summit, Friday, June 5, 2026, in San Antonio, Texas. (RNS photo\/Kathryn Post)<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Relatedly, an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/politics-news\/poll-gen-zs-gender-divide-reaches-politics-views-marriage-children-suc-rcna229255\">NBC poll<\/a> published last fall found that among young men who voted for President Trump, having children was the top factor (in a list of 13) that defined success. Among women who voted for Kamala Harris, having children ranked 12th. And more young women are leaning left \u2014 in 2024, 60% of young women ages 18 to 29 identified as or leaned Democratic, compared to 41% of young men, <a href=\"https:\/\/news.gallup.com\/poll\/708410\/rise-young-men-religiosity-realigns-gender-gaps.aspx\">according to Gallup<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This data points to a growing gender divide that often splits along religious and political lines. And while leaders in the TPUSA orbit blame the promises of feminism and \u201cgirl boss\u201d culture for tempting women away from church and conservatism, progressive critics say it\u2019s the patriarchal values in many faith spaces pushing women out. Whatever the cause, it\u2019s clear that while <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/religion-church-evangelical-men-women-poll-f2b07f8d5e0e29b7b75334a8b2bbd3a6\">some polls suggest<\/a> young men today are more religious than previous generations, conservative Christians are losing ground when it comes to young women.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4262903\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 750px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4262903\" src=\"https:\/\/religionnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/webRNS-TPUSA-Women-Texas06.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/religionnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/webRNS-TPUSA-Women-Texas06.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/religionnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/webRNS-TPUSA-Women-Texas06-427x285.jpg 427w, https:\/\/religionnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/webRNS-TPUSA-Women-Texas06-807x538.jpg 807w, https:\/\/religionnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/webRNS-TPUSA-Women-Texas06-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/religionnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/webRNS-TPUSA-Women-Texas06-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/religionnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/webRNS-TPUSA-Women-Texas06-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/religionnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/webRNS-TPUSA-Women-Texas06-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/religionnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/webRNS-TPUSA-Women-Texas06-380x253.jpg 380w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\"\/> <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text edd-enabled\"><span class=\"caption\">A student engagement table at the Turning Point USA Women\u2019s Leadership Summit, Friday, June 5, 2026, in San Antonio, Texas. (RNS photo\/Kathryn Post)<\/span><span class=\"credit\"\/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe have to win these women, and it is literally, you know, for me it\u2019s mission critical, but I think for world civilization, it\u2019s critical,\u201d Kristan Hawkins, president of Students for Life of America, told RNS Friday afternoon as she prepared for her speech that evening. \u201cYou don\u2019t have to be against the violence of abortion to be able to look at the statistics and say we have a serious problem here, with men going so hard right and women going so hard left.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s in this divisive context that Turning Point USA is working to appeal to young women through targeted events and a cadre of conservative Christian women influencers. While there\u2019s little evidence that this strategy is attracting women who have already left religion, it seems to be activating conservatives who, before now, may not have been politically engaged; on night one of the Women\u2019s Summit, most attendees raised their hands to signal it was their first time there.<\/p>\n<p>Two of those first-timers were Madelyn Snodgrass from Texas and Aubrianna Schmidt from California. Both 16, the attendees told RNS they became involved in TPUSA in recent months; Snodgrass after Charlie Kirk was assassinated, and Schmidt after watching Erika Kirk speak at her husband\u2019s memorial.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4262918\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 750px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4262918\" src=\"https:\/\/religionnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/webRNS-TPUSA-Women-Texas09.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/religionnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/webRNS-TPUSA-Women-Texas09.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/religionnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/webRNS-TPUSA-Women-Texas09-427x285.jpg 427w, https:\/\/religionnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/webRNS-TPUSA-Women-Texas09-807x538.jpg 807w, https:\/\/religionnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/webRNS-TPUSA-Women-Texas09-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/religionnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/webRNS-TPUSA-Women-Texas09-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/religionnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/webRNS-TPUSA-Women-Texas09-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/religionnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/webRNS-TPUSA-Women-Texas09-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/religionnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/webRNS-TPUSA-Women-Texas09-380x253.jpg 380w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\"\/> <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text edd-enabled\"><span class=\"caption\">Aubrianna Schmidt, left, and Madelyn Snodgrass at the Turning Point USA Women\u2019s Leadership Summit, Saturday, June 6, 2026, in San Antonio, Texas. (RNS photo\/Kathryn Post)<\/span><span class=\"credit\"\/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cShe said something along the lines of, \u2018you\u2019re not too young, get involved, start a chapter,\u2019\u201d said Schmidt. \u201cI was like, you know what, yeah, I\u2019m gonna do that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Several attendees told RNS that part of the summit\u2019s appeal was being in person with like-minded women. The mood was light on Friday as attendees perused booths of health supplements, patriotic merch and sparkly cowboy hats. Walls and posters displayed slogans like \u201cRESTORE Masculinity RESPECT Femininity\u201d and \u201cGET MARRIED START A FAMILY.\u201d Teens spun in the ballroom aisles as Taylor Swift and Christian worship music blasted on loudspeakers.<\/p>\n<p>But despite the festival-like atmosphere, the summit was also punctuated by serious moments. Days before the event, a man was arrested for threatening to bomb the event; a heckler interrupted Kirk\u2019s speech on the summit\u2019s first day, and about 50 protesters mobilized by a local progressive activism group gathered outside the hotel on day two.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4262899\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 750px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4262899\" src=\"https:\/\/religionnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/webRNS-TPUSA-Women-Texas03.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/religionnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/webRNS-TPUSA-Women-Texas03.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/religionnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/webRNS-TPUSA-Women-Texas03-427x285.jpg 427w, https:\/\/religionnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/webRNS-TPUSA-Women-Texas03-807x538.jpg 807w, https:\/\/religionnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/webRNS-TPUSA-Women-Texas03-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/religionnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/webRNS-TPUSA-Women-Texas03-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/religionnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/webRNS-TPUSA-Women-Texas03-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/religionnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/webRNS-TPUSA-Women-Texas03-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/religionnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/webRNS-TPUSA-Women-Texas03-380x253.jpg 380w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\"\/> <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text edd-enabled\"><span class=\"caption\">People demonstrate against the Turning Point USA\u2019s Women\u2019s Leadership Summit, Saturday, June 6, 2026, in San Antonio, Texas. (RNS photo\/Kathryn Post)<\/span><span class=\"credit\"\/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Attendees framed protests as evidence that their views are under attack and as emblematic of the instability beyond the conservative world. Several young attendees told RNS they were apprehensive about growing violence on the left. Other top concerns \u2014 including affordability, mental health and the difficulty of finding a job and a spouse \u2014 added to a general desire for purpose, clarity and fulfillment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGen Z is really searching for answers to existential questions,\u201d said 26-year-old activist and TPUSA keynote speaker Riley Gaines, who discusses politics, faith and motherhood on her podcast <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLNjyJcI7SeKFi4u1rqzGaOzIx9o14MSxp\">The Riley Gaines Show<\/a>. \u201cWhat is my purpose. Why am I here?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Amid the uncertainty, TPSUA aims to provide answers to young women by platforming influencers like Gaines who exemplify their model for Christian womanhood. A former collegiate swimmer, Gaines has made her career advocating against trans women in women\u2019s sports and bathrooms; at least two state laws relating to \u201cwomen\u2019s single sex spaces\u201d have been named after Gaines.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4262904\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 750px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4262904\" src=\"https:\/\/religionnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/webRNS-TPUSA-Women-Texas07.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/religionnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/webRNS-TPUSA-Women-Texas07.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/religionnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/webRNS-TPUSA-Women-Texas07-427x285.jpg 427w, https:\/\/religionnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/webRNS-TPUSA-Women-Texas07-807x538.jpg 807w, https:\/\/religionnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/webRNS-TPUSA-Women-Texas07-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/religionnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/webRNS-TPUSA-Women-Texas07-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/religionnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/webRNS-TPUSA-Women-Texas07-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/religionnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/webRNS-TPUSA-Women-Texas07-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/religionnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/webRNS-TPUSA-Women-Texas07-380x253.jpg 380w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\"\/> <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text edd-enabled\"><span class=\"caption\">Some attendees before programming at the Turning Point USA Women\u2019s Leadership Summit, Friday, June 5, 2026, in San Antonio, Texas. (RNS photo\/Kathryn Post)<\/span><span class=\"credit\"\/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>In the TPUSA orbit, she\u2019s a celebrity. And alongside peers like Make America Healthy Again pioneer Alex Clark and the Daily Wire influencer Isabel Brown, she showcases a blueprint for Christian women that allows for a career but prioritizes motherhood, femininity and traditional gender roles. Women can have both, Gaines told RNS, but should seek flexible careers to make it manageable. Brown, who, like Gaines, is a young mother, agreed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would venture to guess that every mother standing on this stage this weekend would, without hesitation, tell you that our greatest legacy \u2026 will forever and always be the next generation of saints that we were called to raise,\u201d said Brown from the stage on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>To Brown, that calling is best exemplified by Jesus\u2019 mother, Mary, who \u201cnever had a corporate career.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<hr\/>\n<p>Though several speakers encouraged attendees to marry young and have as many babies as possible (and at least one speaker invoked the \u201cQuiverfull\u201d notion of babies as arrows in spiritual warfare), they weren\u2019t telling their audience to quit their jobs, give up pants and become tradwives. During her speech, Hawkins said both second-wave feminism and the sanitized social media myth of the tradwife have deceived women. But across multiple sessions, the message was clear: A woman\u2019s career should never come at the expense of motherhood.<\/p>\n<p>And, speakers added, Christian womanhood comes with other expectations, too; some come highly recommended (staying away from vaccines, seed oils, birth control and IVF) and others are non-negotiable (rejecting abortion, same-sex marriage and trans rights).<\/p>\n<div id=\"gallery-2\" class=\"gallery galleryid-4262823 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium\">\n<figure class=\"gallery-item\">\n<div class=\"gallery-icon landscape\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/religionnews.com\/2026\/06\/08\/at-tpusas-womens-summit-christian-influencers-say-feminism-threatens-motherhood\/webrns-tpusa-women-texas05\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"427\" height=\"285\" src=\"https:\/\/religionnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/webRNS-TPUSA-Women-Texas05-427x285.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-4262902\" srcset=\"https:\/\/religionnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/webRNS-TPUSA-Women-Texas05-427x285.jpg 427w, https:\/\/religionnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/webRNS-TPUSA-Women-Texas05-807x538.jpg 807w, https:\/\/religionnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/webRNS-TPUSA-Women-Texas05-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/religionnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/webRNS-TPUSA-Women-Texas05-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/religionnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/webRNS-TPUSA-Women-Texas05-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/religionnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/webRNS-TPUSA-Women-Texas05-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/religionnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/webRNS-TPUSA-Women-Texas05-380x253.jpg 380w, https:\/\/religionnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/webRNS-TPUSA-Women-Texas05.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 427px) 100vw, 427px\"\/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text gallery-caption\" id=\"gallery-2-4262902\">\n\t\t\t\tAllie Beth Stuckey addresses the Turning Point USA Women\u2019s Leadership Summit, Friday, June 5, 2026, in San Antonio, Texas. (RNS photo\/Kathryn Post)<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"gallery-item\">\n<div class=\"gallery-icon landscape\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/religionnews.com\/2026\/06\/08\/at-tpusas-womens-summit-christian-influencers-say-feminism-threatens-motherhood\/webrns-tpusa-women-texas01\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"427\" height=\"284\" src=\"https:\/\/religionnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/webRNS-TPUSA-Women-Texas01-427x284.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-4262897\" srcset=\"https:\/\/religionnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/webRNS-TPUSA-Women-Texas01-427x284.jpg 427w, https:\/\/religionnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/webRNS-TPUSA-Women-Texas01-807x538.jpg 807w, https:\/\/religionnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/webRNS-TPUSA-Women-Texas01-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/religionnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/webRNS-TPUSA-Women-Texas01-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/religionnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/webRNS-TPUSA-Women-Texas01-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/religionnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/webRNS-TPUSA-Women-Texas01-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/religionnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/webRNS-TPUSA-Women-Texas01-380x253.jpg 380w, https:\/\/religionnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/webRNS-TPUSA-Women-Texas01.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 427px) 100vw, 427px\"\/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text gallery-caption\" id=\"gallery-2-4262897\">\n\t\t\t\tIsabel Brown speaks at Turning Point USA\u2019s Women\u2019s Leadership Summit, Saturday, June 6, 2026, in San Antonio, Texas. (RNS photo\/Kathryn Post)<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In this sphere, the latter aren\u2019t just political preferences, they\u2019re biblical truths, or what faith and politics podcaster Allie Beth Stuckey called \u201csoul-level issues\u201d from the stage on Friday. By framing views about marriage, sex, gender and abortion as undisputed scriptural mandates, TPUSA partners and influencers aim to offer clarity and structure to young women searching for firm footing during a time of major societal disruptions.<\/p>\n<p>And if you ask Women\u2019s Leadership Summit attendees, few exemplify that steadiness better than Erika Kirk, especially in the wake of her husband\u2019s assassination last year. In the mainstream world, Kirk continues to be heavily scrutinized, both from the left and from her own party. But here, she\u2019s the ultimate example of conservative Christian womanhood: She\u2019s feminine without being feminist, has a career but frames it as secondary to her calling as a mother and couches it all in religious terms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo the women in this room who are a Christian, it\u2019s actually quite simple,\u201d she said from the podium on Friday. \u201cThe world will say your life belongs to you. It does not. Your life belongs to Christ.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<hr\/>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 -->\n        <\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/religionnews.com\/2026\/06\/08\/at-tpusas-womens-summit-christian-influencers-say-feminism-threatens-motherhood\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SAN ANTONIO (RNS) \u2014 For many of the 3,000 women gathered at Turning Point USA\u2019s Women\u2019s Leadership Summit in San Antonio this weekend (June 5-7), feminism isn\u2019t just an unsavory byproduct of the radical left \u2014 it\u2019s antithetical to God\u2019s design for women. \u201cAt its core, feminism is a worldview that treats many of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18602,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18601"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18601\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}