Elevation with Steven Furtick

Steven Furtick founded Elevation Church in Charlotte, North Carolina, in 2006 with seven families. It now draws over 27,000 weekly attendees across 20 locations, making it one of the largest churches in the United States. This podcast is the audio version of his weekly sermons, distributed through iHeartPodcasts, and it's been running since 2007 with over 500 episodes in the catalog. Furtick's preaching style is high-energy, emotionally direct, and built around practical application. He's a New York Times bestselling author — books like Crash the Chatterbox, Greater, and Do The New You — and that writing background shows in how he structures a message. His sermons tend to land on a single idea and hammer it from multiple angles using personal stories, Scripture, and motivational language. If you respond to passionate, conviction-driven preaching, he delivers that consistently. Episodes are typically sermon-length, running 30 to 50 minutes, and new ones drop weekly. The production quality is polished, which isn't surprising given Elevation's reputation for high-caliber worship and media. Furtick studied at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and earned a Master of Divinity, so there's formal training behind the energetic delivery. The content leans heavily toward encouragement and identity in Christ — overcoming fear, trusting God in difficult seasons, stepping into purpose. It's less verse-by-verse exposition and more topical preaching with a motivational edge. That won't be everyone's preference, and critics have noted as much. But the massive and growing audience suggests Furtick connects with people who need faith applied to their Monday morning, not just their Sunday theology.