At the monastery in Hippo, where he and other clergy and laymen lived, he deliberately left his door open to visitors, and his table was set with extra places.5 In short, his life was characterized by friendship. My particular interest relates to the impact Augustine had on other spiritual leaders of his day. Robert Clinton defines a spiritual leader as “a person with a God-given capacity and a God-given responsibility to influence a specific group of God’s people toward His purposes for the group.”6