Honeysett on Spiritual Leadership

If a church (or even a significant minority within it) insist that the role of the leader is to fulfil all their wishes for caring internally for their needs, you can't properly exercise a gift of spiritual leadership there (ie they have an institutional or "christendom" model of being a disciple - gathering to receive from the professional, rather than being equipped to be disciples). Similarly, if a church doesn't think that leadership is a spiritual gift, you can't easily do it there either. (ie people will think it is about activity running and maintaining the organisation they like, rather than leading a missional community into the plans and purposes of God for them. Casting vision, bringing discernment, laying sound doctrinal foundations, teaching the Bible, shepherding and leading the flock.)

Clinton on Leadership Maturity

To develop a leader to maturity, God enlarges the leader's perspectives of the spiritual dynamics of ministry. The leader must learn to sense the spiritual reality (spiritual warfare) behind physical reality, as well as to depend upon God's power in minstry. Also, the leader must learn to know God's voice in the challenge process items - faith, prayer, and influence - and the affirmation process items - divine and ministry.

Watchman Nee on Spiritual Authority

From Nee's 'ten commandments' of spiritual authority:

1. One who learns spiritual authority as the power base for ministry must recognise the essential Source of all authority: God.

7. People who are under God's authority look for and recognise spiritual authority and willingly place themselves under it.

8. Spiritual authority is never exercised for one's own benefit, but for those under it.

Clinton on Leadership Development

As a leader, you should recognise that God is continually developing you over a lifetime. His top priority is to conform you to the image of Christ for ministry with spiritual authority. Enduring fruitfulness flows out of being.

Development phases are identified by three factors: process items (people, circumstances, lessons, etc that God uses to indicate and develop leadership potential), boundary events (significant experiences that happen during a boundary time and influence its outcome), and changes in sphere of influence (the totality of people being influenced and for whom a leader will give an account to God). There is usually an interplay of all three factors during a development transition.