Why Are Church Leaders So Lonely? The Four Barriers They Face to Make Real Friends

Here’s a tragic truth: The loneliest person in a church may be the one standing at the front.

Church leaders spend their lives surrounded by people, but ministry can make real friendship strangely difficult. Confidentiality, responsibility, expectations, perceived favouritism and the pressure to “have answers but not needs” can leave church leaders profoundly alone. In this far-reaching conversation, I join Dominic Steele, host of the popular Pastor’s Heart podcast, to say that pastors don’t just need supervision, systems or resilience strategies, but real friends: people they can talk to, depend on, grow with and enjoy.

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