A number of things: The amount of time spent in prayer: pastors who are very satisfied spend an average of 56 minutes a day in prayer; those who are somewhat satisfied average 43 minutes; those who are somewhat dissatisfied average 29 minutes, and those who are very dissatisfied average 21 minutes.nly 9% of pastors under age 45 are very satisfied with their prayer life, along with 13% of those 45 to 59 years old. But 30% of all pastors 60 or older are very satisfied with their prayer life more than three times the proportion of younger ministers.