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CNLP 561 | Andy Wood and Stacie Wood on Following Rick Warren, The Detailed Breakdown on How the Saddleback Succession Happened, How to Navigate the Grief and Promise of Transition, and Being Kicked out of the SBC

The Carey Nieuwhof Leadership Podcast

Carey Nieuwhof

Management, Business

4.82.2K Ratings

🗓️ 30 March 2023

⏱️ 120 minutes

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Andy Wood did what many people thought (in his own words) "only an idiot might do"—become the pastor who follows Rick Warren. Andy breaks down the details of how the surprising call to Saddleback happened, exactly what they did during the transition, and how the congregations involved navigated the grief and promise of transition. Stacie Wood, Teaching Pastor at Saddleback, also joins the podcast later to discuss women in ministry and being kicked out of the SBC.

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0:00.0

We are going to talk about following Rick Warren, the detailed breakdown on how the

0:23.1

succession at Settleback happened, how to navigate the grief and the promise of transition,

0:28.5

and also at the end, Stacey Wood is going to join us, Andy's wife, and also teaching

0:33.1

pastor at Settleback to talk about women in ministry and being kicked out of a

0:36.8

denomination. Anyway, yeah, we're going to do all that today. So glad you joined us. Hey,

0:42.0

I have an opportunity for you. We have not done this really ever, but I'm doing a live

0:47.7

podcast recording in Atlanta on April 26th, and the first 250 people to RSVP are invited.

0:55.2

You can go to cnlp.live for all the details that's cnlp, carrying you off leadership podcast.live

1:02.6

for all the details. And today's episode is brought to you by He gets us. So what impacted

1:07.5

all of those Jesus ads that the Super Bowl actually make in a few minutes? We'll hear

1:11.6

from Glue's CSO Brad Hill for quick update. So Andy Wood did what a lot of people thought

1:17.4

was, and this is, these are his words, not mine, only an idiot might do. And he became

1:22.8

the pastor who followed Rick Warren. He breaks down the details on how the call happened

1:27.5

exactly what they did during the transition, which six months in, eight months in seems

1:31.5

to be going extremely well. And how the congregations involved echo church and then also Settleback

1:37.8

navigated both the grief and the promise of transition. And then Andy and I shot this

1:42.8

interview live in Orange County at Settleback in his office a couple months ago. And it

1:48.4

was great. Had a really good time. And then the incident over women in leadership and

1:54.1

a denomination kicking them out happened. And Andy texted me and he goes, Hey, I think

1:58.1

we should address that. And I said, Yeah, well, if we're going to let's have Stacy on.

2:01.1

So there is a second interview at the end of the first interview where Stacy and Andy

2:05.8

joined me together remotely. And we talked about that for about 30 minutes. So anyway,

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