How should we see the Spirit at work in spiritual leaders today? How did the Spirit work through spiritual leaders in the Bible? While many books on spiritual leadership look at the culture around us and offer sound advice from biblical principles, this study asks Scripture first what the Spirit did through spiritual leaders in the Bible in order to figure out what the Spirit should be doing through spiritual leaders today. --Spiritual Leadership helps fill a gap in church leadership materials. Too much of what is written today under the title of Christian or Spiritual Leadership is an attempt to mate secular thoughts with a few Bible verses. David Huffstutler, a respected pastor and scholar, provides church leaders with a source to pilot their leadership practices. A valuable tool for pastors and staff leadership to read.-- --Larry J. Purcell, PhD, Professor of Leadership and Discipleship, Associate Dean of Advanced Degrees, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary David Huffstutler holds a PhD in Applied Theology from the Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, North Carolina. He serves as the lead pastor of the First Baptist Church in Rockford, Illinois.
