What does the lack of spiritual leadership produce?
Lack of spiritual leadership does not "produce" anything. There are many good people who have no spiritual guidance whatsoever. Being spiritual does not necessarily equate to being a good leader. There are many reports daily of Catholic priests who are abusing children. These "men of God" are spiritual leaders yet they are not Godly at all. There are atheists who would never consider this behavior.
Good people come from their upbringing, whether it involves education, spirituality, or just good parents who gave a good example. Spirituality is a crutch, and sometimes it is a curtain. Some believe that without spirituality they would not be where they are today. Some use their spirituality to take advantage of those who are pining for something more in their lives.
There are many cult organizations that have led their people to the "slaughter" for lack of a better term. The Jim Jones cult, the Branch Davidians, and others, have taken families and ruined their lives. They used the guise of spirituality to get the lambs of the world to follow them. Those who need something to belong to, someone to tell them they love them, will fall for many. They become the prey of the wrong-doing self-professed spiritual leaders.
There are good spiritual leaders, but without spirituality there is no promise of evil. Good people don’t need spirituality, they need a good heart. They need to be led to the good work, and they need to have learned compassion.
Spirituality in itself does not guide everyone to doing the good things in life.
Lack of spiritual leadership among men leads to biblical illiteracy and ungodly lifestyles among believers as the following quote indicates: “The greatest threat to the church today is the loss of disciple-building ministries through which mature, spiritually transformed Christians are multiplying themselves through other men and women. If increased attention is not given to building disciples, the number of members will drop and evangelism will wane ” (Gene Mims, president of Lifeway Christian Resources). For years we have been exposing Christians to scattered, random bits of biblical knowledge through our church services and Christian education classes. They hear a principle here and read a truth there, then nod their head in approval and feel momentarily satisfied over receiving this new insight into their faith. But within the space of just a few hours that principle or truth is lost in the busyness and complexity of their lives. They could not capture that insight and own it becau
