11 Reasons Church Leaders Struggle with Prayer

In this episode, Mark Clifton and Mark Hallock discuss an article from Chuck Lawless on prayerlessness among pastors and church leaders.

1. Leaders are “fixers” by nature.
2. We never learned how to pray.
3. Prayer has become more about ritual than about relationship.
4. Prayerlessness can be hidden.
5. We don’t really believe prayer works.
6. We have never been broken under God’s hand.
7. Leaders read the Word in a one-sided way.
8. Some leaders have simply lost hope.
9. We miss the gospel focus on the prayer life of Jesus.
10. We have no role models.
11. We don’t have God-sized goals.

Resources related to this podcast:

“11 Reasons Church Leaders Struggle with Prayer” by Chuck Lawless