\["For church leaders wanting to grow their skills", "Provides guidance on effective leadership principles", "You will inspire and lead others with confidence"\]

Spiritual Leadership teaches essential principles for guiding church leaders effectively.

J Oswald Sanders

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Preface to the Updated Edition

Preface to the First Edition

1. An Honorable Ambition

2. The Search for Leaders

3. The Master's Master Principle

4. Natural and Spiritual Leadership

5. Can You Become a Leader?

6. Insights on Leadership from Paul

7. Insights on Leadership from Peter

8. Essential Qualities of Leadership

9. More Essential Qualities of Leadership

10. Above All Else

11. Prayer and Leadership

12. The Leader and Time

13. The Leader and Reading

14. Improving Leadership

15. The Cost of Leadership

16. Responsibilities of Leadership

17. Tests of Leadership

18. The Art of Delegation

19. Replacing Leaders

20. Reproducing Leaders

21. Perils of Leadership

22. The Leader Nehemiah

A Final Word

Notes

A Small Group Study Guide for Spiritual Leadership

Index of Persons

Index of Scripture

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“No other book has influenced my life the way this one has.”–John C. Maxwell

The need for talented, vigorous leaders in the church cannot be overemphasized. We need men and women who are guided by and devoted to Jesus Christ.

Spiritual Leadership stands as a proven classic for developing such leadership. J. Oswald Sanders, a Christian leader for nearly seventy years, presents the key principles of leadership in both the temporal and spiritual realms. He illustrates his points with examples from Scripture and biographies of eminent men of God, such as Moses, Nehemiah, the apostle Paul, David Livingstone, Charles Spurgeon, and others.

You'll learn about:

- The cost of leadership
- The responsibility of leadership
- Tests of leadership
- The qualities and criteria of leadership
- The art of reproducing leaders
- The one indispensable requirement of leadership

Even natural leadership qualities are God-given, and their true effectiveness can only be reached when they are used to the glory of God. Those who want to lead with God's blessing, cannot ignore this book.

Let this classic be your guide for leadership, and watch how God works through you to do great things for His glory.

"Spiritual Leadership" by J. Oswald Sanders offers key principles for church leaders. It covers leadership costs, responsibilities, qualities, and the importance of God-given abilities.

\["An essential read for Christian leaders","J. Oswald Sanders helps you understand the life and calling of leadership","You'll have a classic companion that reveals truths through years of leading"\]

Preface to the Updated Edition   
Preface to the First Edition   
  
1\. An Honorable Ambition   
2\. The Search for Leaders   
3\. The Master's Master Principle   
4\. Natural and Spiritual Leadership   
5\. Can You Become a Leader?   
6\. Insights on Leadership from Paul   
7\. Insight on Leadership from Peter   
8\. Essential Qualities of Leadership   
9\. More Essential Qualities of Leadership   
10\. Above All Else   
11\. Prayer and Leadership   
12\. The Leader and Time   
13\. The Leader and Reading   
14\. Improving Leadership   
15\. The Cost of Leadership   
16\. Responsibilities of Leadership   
17\. Tests of Leadership   
18\. The Art of Delegation   
19\. Replacing Leaders   
20\. Reproducing Leaders   
21\. Perils of Leadership   
22\. The Leader Nehemiah   
  
A Final Word   
Chapter Notes   
A Small Group Study Guide for Spiritual Leadership   
Index of Persons   
Index of Scripture

Spiritual Leadership is the best book I've read on Christian leadership. I give copies to every key associate.  
-Charles Colson, Chairman, Prison Fellowship  
  
As a young pastor, J. Oswald Sanders' book Spiritual Leadership was the first book I read that awakened me to the subject of leadership. It started me on a 30-plus year journey of teaching leadership to pastors and laypeople. No other book has influenced my life the way this one has.  
-John C. Maxwell, Author, speaker and founder—the INJOY Group  
  
Spiritual Leadership by J. Oswald Sandersis a classic among the classics. I read it as a young Christian, later as a leader, and needed what's been taught in this book. I highly recommend it!  
-Chip Ingram, President, Walk Thru the Bible

Spiritual Leadership should be the constant companion of every undershepherd in the Savior's service. Most helpful is the fact that its emphasis is not on methods, but on character, passion, and godliness. I read it often to regrip the basic perspectives of my task, and have given it to the entire leadership team in our church.  
-John MacArthur, Pastor-teacher, Grace Community Church

I first read Oswald Sanders' Spiritual Leadership as a young woman heading into ministry. It helped to shape my perspective, priorities, and passion and to ground my heart and mind in the timeless truths of Scripture. Anyone who desires to serve the Lord would do well to digest and internalize this classic.  
Many Christian workers today are enamored of the latest trends, marketing models, and bestselling books by leadership gurus; they aspire to a sense of greatness and success that exalts human giftedness and rests on shifting sand. By contrast, the kingdom of God will always and only be advanced by humble servants of God who lead out of a clear sense of divine calling, personal integrity, spiritual depth, and dependence on Christ--men and women of prayer, full of the Word and wisdom, and anointed with the power of the Spirit. These are the ingredients Sanders urges us to prize and pursue.  
-Nancy Leigh DeMoss, Author, Host of Revive Our Hearts Radio  
  
The accelerated change in both the church and larger society compels the revision of the language of a classic like Spiritual Leadership. The ideas of Oswald Sanders are of too great value to risk losing any of their power to the ever-changing idiom of the present century.  
-D. James Kennedy, Ph.D., Author and Senior Minister, Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church  
  
J. Oswald Sanders' book Spiritual Leadership came to my hand shortly after it was published and was a great help to me as a young minister. I recommend it highly, not only to pastors and Christian workers, but to all Christians who want to know something about God's leadership in their own lives.  
-Warren W. Wiersbe, Author, Conference Speaker  
  
This book proves that a godly attitude lies at the heart of Christian leadership. It does not borrow principles of leadership from the world and apply them to the church, but rather derives priniciples of leadership directly from the Scriptures. It ought to be read by all of us at least once a year.  
-Erwin W. Lutzer, Senior Pastor, Moody Memorial Church

J. Oswald Sanders' classic book on Christian Leadership has illuminated the callings and journeys if Christian Leaders across the years, and into the future with each generation.

J. OSWALD SANDERS (1902-1992) was a Christian leader for nearly seventy years and authored more than forty books on the Christian life including The Incomparable Christ, Spiritual Discipleship, Spiritual Leadership, and Spiritual Maturity. He left a promising law practice in his native New Zealand to serve as an instructor and administrator at the Bible College of New Zealand. Dr. Sanders later became general director of the China Inland Mission (now the Overseas Missionary Fellowship), and was instrumental in beginning many new missions projects throughout East Asia.

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