Article from Bill Easum

What Churches are Teaching Me
About Permission-Giving Churches
Part One

Two years ago when I began writing Sacred Cows Make Gourmet Burgers, I had no idea it would hit such a nerve with church leaders. I felt it would make an important contribution to developing thriving churches, but I never dreamed it would become one of the top ten books of 1996.  It seems the book touched on one of  the primary needs of many church leaders - how to break the chains of control in a congregation and soften the natural resistance to change. My answer: develop a permission-giving church in which people are empowered to live out their spiritual gifts without having to ask for permission

As I wrote the book, I wondered if any other churches were experimenting with the permission-giving paradigm.  I had not met one.  Over the past year, I have had a chance to personally visit two permission-giving churches.....

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