Platforms: Facebook Instagram, Youtube
Associations: Matt Cruz, Marcus Rogers, Alexander Pagani, Vlad Savchuk, Sid Roth
Ministry Isaiah Saldivar.com, The 209 Awakening
Testimony: from his website: his cross-less testimony
Notes: Teaches Prosperity gospel, Ministry relies heavily on deliverance, believes born again believers can be possessed by demons. Works based gospel.
The Apostasy Files Hot Take
Isaiah stands out a bit from his deliverance cronies in one way. He spends more time teaching expositionally from the Word and sometimes he even gets it right.
Unfortunately it makes him more dangerous, because ti’s harder for newer and less knowledgeable believers to discern his truth from error, and his errors are huge.
Though loud and as arrogant as the others, he does sometimes apologize for poor behavior and at least makes an effort to occassionally reign in his supporters who are like many of those that follow false teachers and get very aggressive in their defense of their heroes. Overall he is better at taking the high road than most of his peers. He’s been the most vocal with calling out those who are even more off base and demonic than himself and drawing some lines with the likes of Passion Java and TB Joshua. A clever one, this one. It makes him harder to set apart.
Since he teaches bad doctrines, leads people astray, refuses correction and is every bit a money grabber, he loses that high ground in our view.
Exhibit 1
This video shows an extreme distortion of what a Christian evangelism ministry should be.
Exhibit 3
This is a good explanation of how Isaiah Saldivar’s ministry leads people from the true gospel of grace and forgiveness in Christ alone.
Exhibit 4
Corey from Smart Christian Channel has this excellent teaching on the errors in Isaiah Saldivar’s teaching
Exhibit 5
You Tube Channel Revealing Truth posted this video about Isaiah’s false teachings about deliverance
Exhibit 6
Youtube channel Kdubtru exposes Saldivar’s false teaching of demon possession.
Exhibit 7
Exhibit 8
This video from Jon Clash breaks down how bad doctrine erodes the truth of the gospel. The gospel is either Biblically true or it’s not. There is no middle ground.
Exhibit 9
This video from Sean at Revealing truth- explaining how he uses dramatics to entice viewers and claims he himself has a demon. Below is his appearance on Sid Roth’s show. In the old days when false teachers like Isaiah met in tents, the deep breath emoting was a tactic that they tried to explain as involuntary-it was due to the Holy Spirit speaking through them. Most charlatans have moved on from this, but not Isaiah