Robert Clinton has done extensive research in the area of biblical leadership. He has determined that there are approximately three hundred leaders chronicled in the Bible. In 1990 he studied one hundred of the most prominent of them. To his dismay, he discovered that less than one in four of these leaders finished well. Leadership in any arena is difficult, but it is especially rough among spiritual leaders because of Satan's attacks which accompany the job. The odds of finishing may be against those in ministry, but with God all things are possible (Matthew 19:26). - Seven Habits of Effective Church Leaders