Elevation Church has made extensive use of social media platforms like Facebook and YouTube to spread the messages of Steven Furtick. Likewise, Furtick’s numerous critics have responded with video resources of their own, exposing the self-centered, manipulative, and often heretical content of Furtick’s preaching . This page is a curated collection of those resources. Concerned Christians have taken time to painstakingly create content to help people led astray by Furtick. If you or a loved one is a part of Elevation Church, it is worth your time to peruse these videos. If Furtick’s detractors are correct in their many criticisms, then thousands of people are indeed being deceived and led astray by his preaching. This is your opportunity to heed and share the warnings about Elevation Church and Steven Furtick with the people who need to hear them. We here at WhyElevation do not vouch for the orthodoxy and moral uprightness of every publisher curated below; it is our hope that you will judge these videos by the fairness and merit of the criticisms offered.
Honest Youth Pastor provides an extensive critique of a Steven Furtick sermon entitled “God Chose You, will you…”. His conclusion is that Furtick “takes scripture and does whatever he wants with it” to “use for his own book sales” rather than presenting the message of the text.
For more Furtick content from the Honest Youth Pastor YouTube Channel click here.
Justin Peters provides a lengthy analysis of Steven Furtick’s infamous “I am God Almighty” statement. Peters is known for his thoughtful research on the excesses of charismaticsism and heresies of the prosperity gospel.
For more Furtick content from Justin Peters on YouTube click here.
Pastor Jonathan Burris of Sophia Baptist Church in North Carolina provides short a critique of the seeker-sensitive church model. Burris shows how Elevation Church utilizes seeker-sensitive methodology in its operations.
Doreen Virtue interviewed a former staff photographer at Elevation Church named Melanie who left Elevation Church after becoming concerned that “that Steven Furtick “practiced eisegesis me-centered teaching“ and was not allowed to be questioned. Melanie recounts how Furtick was exceedingly concerned with image and appearance.
Melanie wrote a blog piece about her experience at Elevation Church that can be found here.
Real Talk with Jordan Riley provides a short review of Steven Furtick highlighting his close association with known prosperity preachers such as Joel Osteen, TD Jakes, and Joyce Meyer.
In this YouTube Short, a former Elevation Church member recounts his experience as a part of the “Amen Corner” at Elevation Church, the group of enthusiastic people who sit at front of the church, having been charged with ginning up excitement during Furtick’s messages.