Ready Set Grow Podcast

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Welcome to Ready Set Grow, where we help pastors and church leaders break growth barriers, build healthy teams, and lead thriving churches.Led by Scott and Hunter Wilson, Ready Set Grow equips pastors with proven frameworks like the 5 Shifts and the Middle Method system that create clarity, momentum, and sustainable growth. www.readysetgrowchurch.com

  1. 3 days ago ·  Video

    What's Missing in Most Volunteer Cultures | Ep 48

    If you want a way to actually measure and sustain a healthy volunteer culture — not just define one — learn more about the Ready Set Grow Mastermind: https://www.readysetgrowchurch.com/mastermind Grab a copy of our Volunteer Culture Workshop here: https://www.readysetgrowchurch.com/the-volunteer-culture-workshop You can build the perfect volunteer framework and still have no idea if it's working. Most churches define what a healthy culture should look like once… and then never check on it again. Nobody's asking the follow-up question: is this still true for our people right now? That gap — between the framework and the follow-through — is where burnout quietly creeps back in. This conversation is about closing that gap: building a rhythm that keeps testing whether your volunteer culture is actually healthy, not just well-defined. In this episode: - Why a great framework without a measurement rhythm quietly fails - How to build a recurring check-in system instead of a one-time culture statement - Why proximity and season-of-life awareness matter more than any program - How to know if a role is still sustainable, suitable, and significant for the person - doing it - What a healthy feedback loop with your volunteers actually looks like in practice - Why growth depends on your people, not just your systems A healthy volunteer culture isn't something you define once. It's something you keep measuring.

  2. 2 Sept ·  Video

    The System Behind a Sustainable Preaching Rhythm | Ep 47

    Download the sermon brief from this episode: https://www.readysetgrowchurch.com/sermon-brief If you want to build a sustainable, team-based rhythm for sermon prep instead of carrying every message alone, learn more about the Ready Set Grow Mastermind: https://www.readysetgrowchurch.com/mastermind Sunday is coming. Again. You're still recovering from last week's message, and the pressure to produce something powerful is already stacking up for next week. It never stops. It just keeps coming. Most pastors carry this weight solo — writing alone, editing alone, walking on stage alone. It feels heroic for a while. Then it burns you out. There's a better way to build the message, and it doesn't rest on one person's shoulders. This conversation breaks down the exact weekly rhythm a teaching team uses to turn a rough idea into a Sunday-ready message — and how to give and receive feedback without it wrecking your identity. In this episode: - How to build a yearly preaching calendar and sermon series brief before you ever sit down to write - The weekly cadence that moves a message from rough outline to finished manuscript to Sunday delivery - The CRIBS framework (confusing, repeated, innovative, boring, slow) for feedback that actually sharpens a message - Why separating the critique from your identity is the hardest — and most important — skill on a teaching team - The three delivery "zones" (story, teaching, preaching) that turn a monotone communicator into a dynamic one - How to receive feedback on a draft without treating it like a verdict on your worth A sustainable Sunday isn't built by one person. It's built by a team.

  3. 26 Aug ·  Video

    Most Pastors Get This Wrong When Hiring | Ep 46

    Download the Preferred Profile Template here: https://www.readysetgrowchurch.com/preferred-profile Grab the A-Team Workshop replay here: https://www.readysetgrowchurch.com/the-a-team-workshop Your team needs a new hire... but can you actually describe who you're looking for? Most pastors can't. You know you need help. You know the role needs to be filled. But ask what a win actually looks like in that seat, and it gets fuzzy fast. That gap is where bad hires come from. You meet someone likable, your gut says yes, and before you know it you're building the job around the person instead of finding the person for the job. This conversation breaks down the Preferred Profile — the exact framework used to define a role, spot red flags, and know a good fit before the interview ever starts. In this episode: Why you can't find "the right person" until you've defined what you're actually looking for The difference between a church profile and a preferred profile — and why you need both How to set clear expectations for the first 90 days and the first year The six areas of responsibility every role needs, measured with a red-yellow-green standard The red flags that predict a bad hire, and the green flags that predict a great one Why Scott interviews last, and how a team "stoplight" system took his hiring success from 50% to 90% A great hire isn't luck. It's clarity, defined before the interview ever starts.

  4. 19 Aug ·  Video

    6 Keys to a Staff Culture Worth Staying For | Ep 45

    If you want help building a healthy staff culture people want to be a part of for the long haul, learn more about the Ready Set Grow Mastermind: https://www.readysetgrowchurch.com/mastermind Grab the A-Team Workshop replay here: https://www.readysetgrowchurch.com/the-a-team-workshop You poured your heart into someone... and they left anyway. Maybe it wasn't a culture problem. Maybe it was simply what God was calling them to next. Either way, it's worth asking: is your staff culture healthy enough — attractive enough — that your team could stay for the long haul, if that's what the Lord calls them to do? This conversation breaks down six specific, practical keys to building that kind of culture — one that's healthy enough for the right people to stay and grow together, for as long as God has them there. In this episode: Why clear expectations are the foundation of a healthy team cultureHow to give feedback that celebrates wins instead of only flagging problemsWhy valuing your team's input changes how they see themselves — and their workWhat a sustainable schedule actually protects, and it's not just your calendarHow to value your staff as people and family members, not just producersWhy fair pay still matters, even when the culture is strongYou can't decide who the Lord calls to stay. But you can build a culture healthy enough that staying is possible when He does.

  5. 12 Aug ·  Video

    Pastor, This Is Why Your Team's Productivity Has Stalled | Ep 44

    If you want help building systems that bring your team real clarity — not just more activity — learn more about our Ready Set Grow Mastermind here: https://www.readysetgrowchurch.com/mastermind Your team is putting in the hours. Meetings are happening. Task lists are full. And yet growth still feels stuck. That's not an activity problem. It's a productivity problem — and it traces back to clarity, not effort. Most pastors respond to stalled growth by adding more activity: tighter meetings, stricter hours, another app to track who's doing what. But if your team is already working hard, more activity just burns them out without moving you any closer to where you're trying to go. This conversation breaks down the Horizons of Focus — a six-level framework for finding exactly where clarity is breaking down between your church's purpose and what's on your team's to-do list today. In this episode: Why "activity problems" are rare and "productivity problems" are commonThe six levels of clarity, from your church's purpose down to today's next taskHow a "double in three" vision forces real paradigm shifts instead of incremental onesThe difference between an area of responsibility and a projectHow to find the exact level where you — or your team — are stuckWhy alignment, not more meetings, is what creates real momentumA leader's first job isn't to create more activity — it's to bring clarity.

  6. 5 Aug ·  Video

    Pastor, Are You Prepared to Leave? | Ep 43

    If you want to lead with the future already in mind — raising up the leaders who'll carry your church beyond you — learn more about the Ready Set Grow Mastermind: https://www.readysetgrowchurch.com/mastermind You don't have a plan for leaving. Most pastors don't. It feels too far off to think about — until it isn't. And by the time you're ready to hand off the baton, the financial prep, the identity work, and the marriage prep all needed to have started years earlier. Scott Wilson watched his dad's generation get stuck: no money saved, no identity outside the role, no next assignment to move toward. So when it was his turn, he built the system differently — starting in his 20s, decades before anyone was asking him to leave. This conversation breaks down what Scott actually did across three decades to prepare his finances, his identity, and his marriage for the day he'd hand the church to someone else. In this episode: - Why succession has to start decades before you plan to leave - The financial discipline that let him say yes the moment God said "hand it off" - How to separate your identity from your title before it's forced on you - Why 80% of failed successions come down to the spouse - How to build other voices in your church so it isn't dependent on you alone - Grooming a successor without ever naming one out loud There is no true ministry success without succession going well.

  7. 29 Jul ·  Video

    The Key to Knowing Who's Ready to Lead | Ep 42

    If you want a clear, low-risk process for developing and promoting the right leaders on your team, learn more about the Ready Set Grow Mastermind: https://www.readysetgrowchurch.com/mastermind You've got someone on your team who's killing it in their role... and you're wondering if they're actually ready to lead. The hard part isn't spotting talent. It's knowing whether that talent translates into leadership — before you make it official and can't easily undo it. Being a great doer and being a great leader require different skills. There's a real, low-risk way to test which one you're looking at before you ever say a word to them or the team. This conversation breaks down the exact process for knowing if someone's ready to lead — before you announce a title change. In this episode: The key signals that show someone's actually ready to lead, not just good at their jobThe real difference between a great doer and a great leaderHow to run a low-risk behavioral experiment before making it officialThe two qualities every leader needs: respect and relationshipWhy character, competency, time, and trust decide who's readyWhat to do when someone says they feel called to leadJust because someone's killing it in their current role doesn't mean they're ready to lead at the next one.

  8. 22 Jul ·  Video

    The Legalism Trap Most Pastors Fall Into | Ep 41

    If you want help building a personal devotional rhythm that naturally overflows into how you lead and preach, learn more about the Ready Set Grow Mastermind: https://www.readysetgrowchurch.com/mastermind Somewhere along the way, you picked up a rule: your personal Bible study and your sermon prep have to stay separate. Break that rule, and it feels like you're cheating. That rule isn't in Scripture. It's legalism — a man-made line dressed up as spiritual discipline. If you've ever felt guilty for preaching straight out of what God is teaching you personally... this conversation is for you. This conversation names the legalism trap that quietly shapes how pastors think about devotion, sermon prep, and rest — and what it looks like to trade the rulebook for an honest relationship with God instead. In this episode: - Why "separate your devotion from your sermon prep" is legalism, not Scripture - How a counselor helped one pastor name — and break — that legalistic pattern - The difference between checking a spiritual box and actually being changed by God - Why authentic overflow beats "Christian TED talks" every time - How to build a personalized Sabbath rhythm that actually works for pastors - What it means to lead as "the lead follower," not just the leader Legalism keeps you checking boxes. Devotion sets you free to actually live it.

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Welcome to Ready Set Grow, where we help pastors and church leaders break growth barriers, build healthy teams, and lead thriving churches.Led by Scott and Hunter Wilson, Ready Set Grow equips pastors with proven frameworks like the 5 Shifts and the Middle Method system that create clarity, momentum, and sustainable growth. www.readysetgrowchurch.com

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    Ready Set Grow
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    48
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