Speaking

Invite Maria Sainz to speak.

Maria Sainz speaks to churches, conferences, retreats and leadership gatherings on healing, identity, freedom and spiritual formation. Her messages carry lived testimony, biblical depth and a warm, pastoral tone — inviting people from encounter into long- obedience maturity in Jesus.

Event organizers can expect a room that leaves with more than inspiration: clarity on identity, freedom from what has kept them stuck, and practical next steps for prayer, discipleship and stewarding spiritual gifts with wisdom.

Why Maria

A speaker shaped by testimony, Scripture and years of ministry.

Lived testimony

Maria speaks from what she has walked — a miracle healing from breast cancer in Brazil and years of praying for the sick and setting captives free.

Biblical foundation

Every message is anchored in Scripture — not experience alone. Encounter is framed by the Word, not detached from it.

Ministry and mentorship experience

More than a decade co-leading Red Seal Ministries, hosting RESTORED conferences and mentoring believers online and in person.

Activation with maturity

Maria pairs spiritual activation with formation and character — deliverance leads to discipleship, gifting grows into maturity.

Warm, honest, practical

A pastoral voice that is unafraid of the deeper places, without hype — and always with concrete next steps for the people in the room.

Serves the host, not the platform

Maria stewards your team, your worship leaders and your volunteers — leaving the community stronger than she found it.

Six signature messages

Talks Maria carries most often.

Each message can be shaped as a keynote, conference session, workshop or retreat teaching — tailored to your audience and format.

01

Miracles Still Happen

Faith in the middle of the fight — why the God who healed her is still healing today.

Maria's testimony of walking through breast cancer into a miracle healing in Brazil — and the biblical truths that carried her from fear into unshakeable faith.

Audience takeaways

  • How to hold onto God's word when your body will not agree with it.
  • The difference between striving for a miracle and trusting the Healer.
  • Why testimony is a doorway others can walk through.

Best-fit audiences

Women's conferences, healing services, church-wide weekends.

Available formats

Keynote · Conference session · Retreat session

02

From Performance to Identity

Trading the exhausting audience of many for the loving gaze of One.

A pastoral, practical teaching on the difference between an image and an identity — and how the Father's love dismantles both perfectionism and hiddenness.

Audience takeaways

  • Recognize the interior scripts that drive performance and striving.
  • Anchor identity in what the Father says before what you do.
  • Lead and serve from belovedness rather than proving.

Best-fit audiences

Leaders, creatives, women's gatherings, ministry teams.

Available formats

Keynote · Workshop · Leadership intensive

03

Freedom Is a Formation

Why deliverance must lead to discipleship and long-obedience maturity.

A biblically grounded look at why breakthrough is a beginning, not a finish line — and how discipleship keeps freedom whole in daily life.

Audience takeaways

  • Understand the biblical pattern of encounter, formation and fruit.
  • Guard the ground gained in prayer with daily rhythms of obedience.
  • Build a personal rule of life that turns freedom into maturity.

Best-fit audiences

Prayer teams, discipleship programs, church staff.

Available formats

Conference session · Workshop · Retreat session

04

Marked by His Love

Identity, covenant and the sealing love of the Holy Spirit.

A signature message on what it means to be sealed by God — the anchor beneath calling, courage and the long yes of following Jesus.

Audience takeaways

  • See the biblical thread of sealing and covenant.
  • Anchor identity in what God has already said, sealed and secured.
  • Live from sonship and daughtership rather than from striving.

Best-fit audiences

Church-wide services, young adults, women's conferences.

Available formats

Keynote · Conference session · Retreat session

05

Love Triumphs Over Fear

How the perfect love of God quiets anxiety and re-orders our courage.

A pastoral message for a fearful age — how the perfect love of God confronts anxiety, quiets the interior noise and re-orders our courage in Christ.

Audience takeaways

  • Name the fears that shape your decisions in secret.
  • Practice small acts of trust that grow into settled courage.
  • Move through anxious seasons without losing your voice or calling.

Best-fit audiences

Church services, women's ministries, healing & freedom gatherings.

Available formats

Keynote · Conference session · Fireside conversation

06

Activated With Wisdom

Developing spiritual gifts with humility, character and accountability.

A grounded teaching for believers hungry to steward spiritual gifts — with the humility, submission and formation that keeps gifting fruitful.

Audience takeaways

  • Distinguish gifting from character — and grow both together.
  • Learn accountable rhythms for prophetic and healing ministry.
  • Serve local church leadership rather than working around it.

Best-fit audiences

Ministry schools, prayer teams, emerging leaders.

Available formats

Workshop · Leadership intensive · Ministry session

Ideal audiences

Who Maria serves best.

  • Local churches
  • Women's conferences
  • Healing and freedom conferences
  • Retreats
  • Leadership gatherings
  • Ministry schools
  • Prayer teams
  • Discipleship programs
  • Mission-focused gatherings
Available formats

How Maria can serve your event.

  • Keynote
  • Conference session
  • Workshop
  • Leadership intensive
  • Fireside conversation
  • Panel discussion
  • Question-and-answer session
  • Ministry or mentorship session
What audiences leave with

Practical outcomes — not hype.

  • A clear encounter with the love of the Father, the finished work of Jesus and the power of the Holy Spirit.
  • Language for identity, freedom and spiritual maturity that leaders can carry into their own teaching.
  • Concrete next steps for prayer, discipleship and stewarding spiritual gifts with wisdom.
  • Prayer, healing and ministry moments — wherever the host welcomes it.
  • A visibly strengthened team: hosts, worship leaders and volunteers cared for, not only the platform.
Speaker media

Everything hosts and producers need.

A speaker reel is in production. In the meantime, the media kit contains approved bios, headshots and stage photographs.

Maria Sainz teaching a full congregation under stage lighting

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Photography

Stage photographs

High-resolution stage and portrait photography for programs, slides and press.

Biography

Approved biographies

50-word, 100-word and extended biographies — copyable from the About page.

Introduction

Host introduction

A short, read-aloud introduction for your emcee or program host.

Where Maria serves

Based in San Diego. Available near, far and online.

Maria and Rick live in San Diego, California, and Maria travels for churches, conferences, retreats and podcasts from there. Availability is always confirmed personally during the booking process.

  • San Diego

    Local churches & ministries

    Home to Red Seal Ministries and the yearly RESTORED healing and deliverance conferences. Available for Sunday services, evening gatherings, prayer nights and equipping workshops across the greater San Diego area.

  • Southern California

    Regional events & retreats

    Available for events throughout Southern California — including conferences, women's gatherings, retreats and leadership intensives — with drivable travel from San Diego.

  • National travel

    Domestic conferences & churches

    Available for domestic travel across the United States for conferences, retreats, church weekends and equipping schools. Select international opportunities are considered when the details and hosts can be verified in advance.

  • Virtual opportunities

    Interviews & online sessions

    Available for virtual interviews, podcast recordings and online teaching sessions — ideal for shows and ministries outside Maria's confirmed travel windows.

City and market-specific pages are not published unless there is substantial, unique local content to share — please invite Maria directly for your church, conference or podcast.

Booking process

A simple, pastoral path from invitation to event.

  1. Step 01

    Submit your inquiry

    Share your event date, audience, format and the outcomes you're praying for using the form below.

  2. Step 02

    Team review

    The team reviews every inquiry personally and responds within 5–7 business days.

  3. Step 03

    Availability discussion

    If the date is open, we schedule a short call to discuss theme, format, travel and host expectations.

  4. Step 04

    Event alignment

    We shape the message with you — audience, series arc, ministry moments and any equipping needs.

  5. Step 05

    Confirmation and logistics

    Once confirmed, we align on travel, tech, agreements and pray together for the people who will gather.

Maria travels from San Diego, California. Availability, travel and honorarium are always discussed personally during the booking process — nothing is confirmed until we've spoken with your team.

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