This study seeks to understand the practices and perceptions of presidents of Christian higher education regarding spiritual disciplines in strategic planning. The literature analysis provided no evidence or scholarly discussion on the use of spiritual disciplines in strategic planning. Lack of evidence in the literature does not equate to lack of practice. As a result, the study used a mixed-method convergent design to explore the most important spiritual disciplines regarding strategic planning from study participants. Presidents from member institutions of the Association of Biblical Higher Education (ABHE) and the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU) completed out a survey. Foster's (2018) twelve spiritual disciplines (meditation, prayer, fasting, study, simplicity, solitude, submission, service, confession, worship, guidance, and celebration) and Allison and Kaye's (2015) three-phase strategic planning model (getting ready, strategic analysis, and set the course) served as a framework. The results provided convergence and divergence between the practice (frequency of use Likert scale) and perception (weighted rank order) of participants across the strategic planning phases. Participants also provided their personal experience in open-ended questions, triangulating the practice and perception data with the participants' lived experiences. Major findings included prayer, guidance, submission, meditation, and study. Participants ranked prayer, guidance, submission, and meditation as first, second, fourth, and fifth places, respectively, as the practiced and most important spiritual disciplines in strategic planning. Study showed the most significant gap between practice and perception across all planning phases by moving six places from practice (ninth place) to perception (third place). [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]