Senior leaders

Maria Sainz was born and raised in San Diego. Most of her early twenties were spent doing musical theater, art and ballet, which lead to the world of beauty pageants and a long search for identity. Later, she was lead into the retail and T.V. industry as a makeup artist. Fully acquainted with the fashion industry, saturated by greed and lust, she felt the effects of how physical appearance determined identity and acceptance, and used extreme measures to maintain that expectation.

Eventually she moved to Los Angeles to finish a Bachelors of Arts in Design at UCLA. After years of searching for the truth she was drawn into new age religions that lead her to come to the end of herself experiencing panic attacks. Upon graduating school she was invited to a church in Westwood, where she received Christ. Soon after, she heard God call her to move back to San Diego and three months later her father died instantly from an aneurism. That moment in her life profoundly drew her closer to God, diving head first into the principals of God’s Word. Her diligence in seeking God brought the deliverance and healing she’d been looking for, realizing her true identity in Jesus Christ.

After four years of suffering from insomnia, anxiety and depression, she had a radical encounter with God where she experienced the love and power of God for the first time and was healed. Days after this encounter, when she was invited to pray for others, and many began receiving thier miraculous healing. The manifestation of God’s presence increased over the months.  Soon after, she was asked to teach a bible study in a home for a few women. It grew into a large bible study that soon became the foundation for teaching bible studies for over sixteen years.

Rick Sainz was saved at a Billy Graham crusade when he was ten years old.. Over the years he became a strong and devoted servant in the church in area of worship and mentoring. After Rick and Maria were married in 1997, they spent a season being full time caregivers to Rick’s mother where she received physical and emotional healing from trauma. After her passing, they spent several years hosting small groups in their home together. It lead to launching a full time ministry which is now Red Seal ministries.

Together, they led a home group bible study that after several years grew into over a hundred people. In 2014, they moved the group to a local church and it grew several hundred more people attending the weekly meetings. Hence, Red Seal ministries was birthed. That same year, Rick and Maria were ordained as pastors through Gary Goodell and Third Day Church. Red Seal is a non profit organization and holds services, and outreaches throughout San Diego. It is an apostolic hub focusing on equipping the body of Christ. They minister in churches all over San Diego area igniting people into their destiny preaching the full gospel of Jesus Christ with the demonstration of power with signs, wonders and miracles following. Their desire is to see the body of Christ come into their true identity in Christ and to move forward in advancing God’s kingdom.

Ordained by Permission Ministries and Gary Goodell, Rick and Maria have been hosting the weekly meetings at CCF for over 9 years. Each Week many are saved, delivered and healed by the power of Jesus. Recently we have changed our meetings to Saturday nights at Clairemont Christian Fellowship location.

Their desire is to see the kingdom advanced by igniting and equipping the body of Christ into their God given Identity. As sons and daughters, they can move into their call and destiny with confidence and power. Our gatherings of worship, revival school or Saturday night meetings serve to ignite the church to move forward!