Report to the Church 2015 | Page 10

10 MISSION AT ALL LEVELS: MEASUREABLE DELIVERABLES TH E RT. RE V. STAC Y F. S AU LS Chief Operating Officer of The Episcopal Church F or the first time, at least in recent memory, the General Convention budget placed mission at its forefront, both literally and spiritually, by adopting the Five Marks of Mission of the Anglican Communion as its organizing principle. One of the budget’s important missional realities is that it expects measurable deliverables. The churchwide staff is expected to produce results. The women and men who work at the churchwide level were invigorated and inspired by the challenge. They set about to build partnerships with every diocese of The Episcopal Church.