The budget, which will not be final until General Convention acts in July, proposes to set aside money for a “churchwide consultation” on the Episcopal Church’s future shape and work. It also includes money for pilot projects that Chief Operating Officer Stacy Sauls said could show how the church’s purchasing and organizational power could help congregations and dioceses free up more of their resources for mission work.

Sauls characterized such a cooperative arrangement as one way to bring about “long-term significant change” in how the churchwide staff relates to the rest of the church. Council accepted his proposal and his suggestion that the 2013-2015 budget “should open the door to doing long-term reform of how we do business as a church.”

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Filed under: * Anglican - Episcopal • Episcopal Church (TEC) • Executive Council • House of Deputies President • Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori • * Christian Life / Church Life • Parish Ministry • Stewardship

1. moheb wrote: ““should open the door to doing long-term reform of how we do business as a church.” Shouldn’t this read:  ” ... how we do church as a business.”? January 30, 5:16 pm | [comment link]

2. Archer_of_the_Forest wrote: Why are neither of the concelebrants vested or even wearing stoles? January 30, 11:02 pm | [comment link]

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