Spiritual Leadership: A Commitment to Excellence for Every Believer (Commitment To Spiritual Growth) [Kindle Edition] Author: J. Oswald Sanders | Language: English | ISBN:
B0038U0U3G | Format: PDF, EPUB
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The need for talented vigorous leaders in the church cannot be overemphasized.
Such times demand active service of men and women who are guided by and devoted
to Jesus Christ.
With more than 750,000 copies in print, Spiritual Leadership
stands as a proven classic for developing such leadership. In these pages J. Oswald
Sanders presents the key principles of leadership in both the temporal and spiritual
realms, illustrating his points with examples from Scripture and biographies of
eminent men of God (Moses, Nehemiah, Paul, David Livingstone, Charles Spurgeon,
and others). He writes that even natural leadership qualities are God-given, and
their true effectiveness can only be reached when they are used to the glory of
God. Featured topics include:
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
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- Publisher: Moody Publishers; New Edition edition (May 1, 2007)
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- Language: English
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Over half a million copies of this book have been sold over the past thirty-seven years, and many ministers and Church leaders have made it their touchstone for ministry. An Updated Edition has been published by Moody Press - modernising the text, and enlarging the format. However, while the book has much to recommend it, it represents an outlook which is unlikely to find universal accord among Church leaders.
Sanders introduces the subject of spiritual leadership with a quote from 1 Timothy 3:1 (NEB). "To aspire to leadership is an honorable ambition." It is a telling choice of translation, and sets the tone for all that is to come. By way of comparison, a Greek transliteration puts it as follows: "If anyone aspires to oversight, he desires a good work." Since "ambition" is a word which describes personal motivation, Sanders thus throws the focus back onto the leader. The transliteration, on the other hand, refers to "a work" (Gk. ergos), which is task-oriented. Far from being a question of semantics, this defines the content of the entire book. Sanders focuses heavily on personal character, influence, and motivation, rather than on the task at hand, or on the empowerment of God. In keeping with this, when he deals at length with "essential qualities of leadership", he chooses qualities of character, rather than what one might call core spiritual qualities, such as trust in God, or an understanding of the Holy Spirit's anointing. The consequences of this are a heavy obligation on self - "God, harden me against myself" - and the book is characterised by demanding "the utmost" of oneself.
This approach does find a rapport in many Churches. The book is required reading in a number of Bible seminaries and Churches.
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