CNLP 739 | Young and Fighting About Money, Sex and Power: Ashley and Jaime Wooldridge on How They Radically Transformed Their Marriage and Went On To Lead One of America's Fastest Growing Churches
The Carey Nieuwhof Leadership Podcast
Carey Nieuwhof
4.8 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 3 July 2025
⏱️ 72 minutes
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Summary
There's nothing like honesty when it comes to hearing people's stories. CCV Lead Pastor Ashley Wooldridge returns to the podcast with his wife, Jaime.
In a raw conversation, they open up about their first decade of marriage in corporate life, how that almost did them in as a couple, and how a journey into radical generosity transformed their marriage and their ministry at CCV.
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| 0:00.0 | the art of leadership network i get so locked and loaded in the way he says it i fail to see where i've fallen short in the process because he's maybe like a eight on the offensive scale that anything i've done sort of gets a broad brush pass welcome to the carey newhoff Podcast. It's Carrie here, and I hope our time together |
| 0:25.9 | today helps you thrive in life and leadership. There is a backstory to every single one of us, right? |
| 0:32.4 | You have your public life, then you have your private life, the trials you've been through. |
| 0:36.3 | And last episode, |
| 0:44.1 | we had Ashley Wilridge's the first time I've ever done it. But today, Ashley's back, this time with his wife. Because I want you to hear the backstory that they had to go through, |
| 0:48.9 | prepping for leadership, two career couple, call into ministry, all the craziness that was their life. |
| 0:55.7 | I loved my day with Ashley and Jamie so much and have gotten to know them over the years. |
| 1:01.0 | I think you're really going to enjoy this conversation. |
| 1:02.9 | So if you miss the last episode, no worries, but if you want Ashley's story on the rise of CCV |
| 1:08.1 | to becoming one of the top-sized churches in America. |
| 1:12.6 | I mean, they're just growing exponentially right now, just back up an episode. |
| 1:16.3 | But now we go to the personal backstory, and I think you're really going to enjoy this episode. |
| 1:22.2 | So we are going to talk about being young, fighting about money, sex, and power, |
| 1:27.2 | how they radically transform their |
| 1:29.0 | marriage and how that has impacted their ministry today. Ashley is the senior pastor of Christ |
| 1:35.6 | Church of the Valley. He's an empowering leader who provides inspirational teaching and visionary |
| 1:40.5 | leadership with the purpose of winning the Valley for Christ. Jamie is a sophomore engineer by training, |
| 1:46.9 | and they have three girls and love to see marriages and families thrive. |
| 1:51.4 | You'll hear a lot more about their personal story in a few moments. |
| 1:55.1 | For those of you who are brand new to the podcast, welcome. |
| 1:57.8 | Really glad that you're here. |
| 1:59.4 | We want to take you behind the scenes, have the kind of conversation you would have. If you spent a day with Ashley and Jamie, |
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