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It started me on a 25plus year journey of teaching leadership to pastors and lay people. First released in 1967, spiritual leadership has been through multiple printings and a major revision. Principles of excellence for every believer by j oswald. He left a promising law practice in his native new zealand to serve as an instructor and administrator at. The principles that produce sound leadership need to be studied and applied judiciously in the lords church. This book, spiritual leadership, is one in a series of three on serious discipleship. Oswald sanders, a christian leader for nearly seventy years and author of more than. The other two are spiritual discipleship, and spiritual maturity.
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