Benjamin Siens

“With respect to relationships within the church, the leader is to be above reproach. Detractors should not have a rung to stand on. If a charge is preferred against him, it fails because his life affords no grounds for reproach or indictment of wrongdoing. His adversary finds no opening for a smear campaign, rumor mongering, or gossip.”
― J. Oswald Sanders, Spiritual Leadership: Principles of Excellence For Every Believer

“Spiritual leadership requires superior spiritual power, which can never be generated by the self. There is no such thing as a self-made spiritual leader. A true leader influences others spiritually only because the Spirit works in and through him to a greater degree than in those he leads.”
― J. Oswald Sanders, Spiritual Leadership: Principles of Excellence For Every Believer

“If you would rather pick a fight than solve a problem, do not consider leading the church. The”
― J. Oswald Sanders, Spiritual Leadership: Principles of Excellence For Every Believer

“Always keep in mind that the people who live where you are going to plant a church, as well as those all around the world, will spend their eternity in Hell if they are not saved.”
― Bud Calvert, God's Passion: A Manual on Church Planting for World Evangelism