CNLP 792 | I Wanted to Quit Everything: Jennie Allen on Suffering, Spiritual Warfare, Lies Leaders Believe, and Not Giving Up
The Carey Nieuwhof Leadership Podcast
Carey Nieuwhof
4.8 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 17 March 2026
⏱️ 81 minutes
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Summary
Jennie Allen reflects on a year like no other she's had: an ephocal global event followed by a terribly difficult sabbatical, health scares, and discouragement.
Jennie talks about wanting to quit, suffering and spiritual warfare, lies leaders believe, and not giving up.
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| 0:00.0 | The Art of Leadership Network. |
| 0:03.0 | Al Summer, I felt abandoned. |
| 0:05.3 | I felt used by God. |
| 0:07.9 | I thought, wow, when I'm leading something that's impacting the world, I feel protected. |
| 0:14.2 | I feel held up. |
| 0:15.3 | I feel, and I struggled with God. |
| 0:19.0 | Like, I was angry. |
| 0:20.8 | I was, I felt abandoned. I felt, I don't know. I just felt like he, |
| 0:28.1 | he didn't care about me. |
| 0:35.0 | Welcome to the Carrie Newhoff Leadership Podcast. I'm so glad you joined us today. |
| 0:38.9 | Hey, if you ever wanted to quit, you're in good company. |
| 0:42.3 | I've wanted to quit at times, and today I'm sitting down with Jenny Allen. |
| 0:46.3 | And she talks about wanting to quit everything as recently as in the last 12 months. |
| 0:52.0 | You know when you go through those spiritual highs, like you kind of hit |
| 0:55.3 | a mountaintop and then you just come crashing down. She had one of those years. And so we're going to |
| 1:00.2 | talk about suffering, talk about spiritual warfare, lies leaders believe, and we're also going to talk |
| 1:06.2 | about not giving up. You know, 24% of you who are listening right now if you're a church leader, statistically, still want to quit. How do you not give up? I think you're going to find this to be really encouraging. A welcome to all of you who are brand new to the podcast. We continue to see the show grow every single month. We're really glad. And you know how it does that? When you share it with your friends, when you bring it to your team, when you text the link, it makes a big difference. And when you share it on social as well. If you put it on social, sometimes we repost you. You can tag me. I'm Carrie Newhoff on Instagram and see Newhoff on a lot of other platforms. If you want show notes, you can get them at Carrie Newhoff.com slash show notes or go to the art of leadership academy.com. |
| 1:46.5 | Set up a free account. You can get them at kerrynewhoff.com slash show notes or go to the art of leadership |
| 1:44.5 | academy.com. Set up a free account. You'll find it all inside there as well as some great |
| 1:50.1 | conversations. Jenny Allen is a Bible teacher, author, podcast host, and visionary leader. |
| 1:55.7 | She's the founder of Hith Gathering and Gather 25 soon, Gather 27, with a vision to mobilize the global church. |
| 2:02.9 | She's devoted her life to disciple a generation to see revival across the globe. |
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