Qualities Necessary in a Spiritual Leader: Sacrifice

1. Sacrificial- “true leadership, is achieved not be reducing men to one’s service but in giving one’s selfless service to them.  And that is never done without cost.”(15)
• “True leadership always exacts a heavy toll on the whole man, and the more effective the leadership is, the higher the price to be paid.” (169)
• “Willingness to renounce personal preferences, to sacrifice legitimate and natural desires for the sake of His kingdom, will characterize those marked out by God for positions of influence in His work.”(169)
• He must be “able to recieve from others as well as to give to others. There are some who delight in sacrificing themselves for others, who are quite unwilling to allow others to reciprocate... [although] that is a very powerful way of exercizing helpful leadership.”(77)

Source: J. Oswald Sanders "Spiritual Leadership"