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While spiritual leadership involves many of the same principles as general leadership, spiritual leadership has certain distinctive qualities that must be understood and practiced if spiritual leaders are to be successful. Spiritual discipleship spiritual maturity, spiritual. The principles that produce sound leadership need to be studied and applied judiciously in the lords church. Oswald sanderss most popular book is spiritual leadership. With over 500,000 in print, spiritual leadership is the perennial favorite for teaching the principles of leadership.
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