J. Oswald Sanders - Spiritual Leadership: Principles of Excellence for Every Believer

Spiritual Leadership is the best book Ive read on Christian leadership. I give copies to every key associate.

Charles W. Colson (19312012)
Founder, Prison Fellowship

As a young pastor, J. Oswald Sanderss 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 should be the constant companion of every undershepherd in the Saviors 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

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 principles of leadership directly from the Scriptures. It ought to be read by all of us at least once a year.

Erwin W. Lutzer
Pastor Emeritus
Moody Memorial Church

Spiritual Leadership by J. Oswald Sanders is a classic among the classics. I read it as a young Christian, later as a leader, and needed whats been taught in this book. I highly recommend it!

Chip Ingram
President, Walk Thru the Bible

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 Christmen 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 DeMoss Wolgemuth
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 (19302007)
Author and Senior Minister
Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church

J. Oswald Sanderss 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 Gods leadership in their own lives.

Warren W. Wiersbe
Author, Conference Speaker

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O ver the span of forty years, Oswald Sanderss Spiritual Leadership has earned recognition as a classic study of the biblical principles of godly leadership. Originally a series of lectures delivered to leaders of the Overseas Missionary Fellowship, the book has been valued by thousands of readers for its keen insights and godly wisdom. So why the need for a line-by-line revision? Our concern was that the language of the original edition was making it increasingly difficult to appreciate the power of Sanderss ideas. Contemporary Christians who would otherwise benefit greatly from the book might be confused by references to obscure personalities, outdated expressions, and an absence of acknowledgment of more recent developments within the church and culture.