Study the economic, social and cultural relations in the Arab world, and examine them with other countries in order to strengthen dialogue and promote cooperation, in ways that serve mutual interests; contribute to the formation of an Arab scientific stance towards development problems so as to achieve an effective contribution towards the formulation of global order, and place international relations on a fair and equal basis that serves economic integration; build bridges between thought leaders and decision-makers in the Arab world to serve cooperation among them in public policies, and ensure public participation; focus attention towards future studies relating to the affairs of Arab countries and their international relations.

Support, inspire and engage young people from Armenia and all over the world to develop their social leadership skills, to take their civic responsibility and to act as change-makers.

Help individuals get rid of stress and experience inner peace; offer stress-elimination programmes which include breathing techniques, meditation, and yoga.

Be an ASEAN institution for research activities on peace, conflict management and conflict resolution; promote and (or) fulfil activities agreed in the ASEAN Political-Security Community Blueprint; as well as possible additional activities.

Advance mutual understanding and collaboration between the people of Asia and Europe through intellectual, cultural, and people-to-people exchanges; act as the civil society outreach of the Asia-Europe Meeting; work as a platform for Asia-Europe dialogue to stimulate permanent networks that reinforce Asia-Europe bi-regional relations; act as an interface between civil society and ASEM governments and consequently, contributes to the ASEM process by generating unique recommendations for officials' consideration.

Inspire and empower God's family in AMECEA to a credible and prophetic witness to Christ by promoting unity, justice, peace, and solidarity through deeper evangelisation, constant conversion and prayer, inculturation, ecumenism and inter-religious dialogue; relevant formation of all agents of evangelisation; revitalisation, and continued emphasis on the role of the small Christian communities in evangelisation; preferential option for the poor, oppressed, and marginalised, particularly refugees, persons affected and infected with HIV/AIDS, and internally displaced people; empowering the laity and the religious men and women to play their active roles in the Church and society; self-reliance in personnel and finances at all levels; networking, effective communication and advocacy; poverty eradication, sustainable development, and relevant response to all issues affecting God's family.

Serve the common perception of missionary responsibility of members; carry out tasks of the World Mission and Evangelism, which are beyond the scope and impact of its members; support the Evangelical Church in Germany and their member churches, and the Mission's member churches in different missionary orientation of the church's work and promote the collaboration of church and mission as well as the cooperation of regional missions and missionary societies; serve the cooperation of its members, particularly in the areas of missionary proclamation, missiology, education and training for missionary services and relations with churches and regional and continental ecclesial cooperation overseas; support tasks of World Mission and Evangelism, which require the cooperation between its members, especially in the fields of medical mission, the “World Bible Support”, theological education overseas, the Christian literature development and the church's use of mass media in overseas, society-related services of churches and church groups in overseas, the pro-development actions of churches, interchurch aid and missionary outreach; cooperate with the facilities of the church development service, the ecumenical Diakonia and church work abroad; perform the tasks of the German Protestant Missionary Day in accordance with the agreement from 29 October 1976; assume tasks at the request of individual members if no member objects; respect the responsibility of its members in its preparation and execution of tasks; be open to cooperation with missionary societies and missionary working groups, even if they are not a member.

Dedicate to the interdisciplinary study of religion, ethics, and public life; explore global challenges of democracy and human rights, economic and social development, international diplomacy, and interreligious understanding through research, teaching, and service.

Strengthen society and help individuals reach their full potential by developing the resources needed to achieve those goals.

The Department of Religious Studies offers a Bachelor Degree in religious studies that concentrates on the study of Christianity from a Catholic and ecumenical point of view. It seeks to meet the spiritual and academic needs of all its students, and promotes the study of religion at university level. The program aims at promoting an appreciation of the religious culture of the Holy Land in an ecumenical and interfaith atmosphere. The department contributes in a special way to the mission of Bethlehem University by preparing qualified graduates to teach Catechism, to participate in the mission of the local church, to be positive members of the churches and society and to be qualified to continue higher education. By limiting enrollment and having smaller class sizes, the learning process is personalized and formative. Besides the academic goals, the department offers ecclesiastical, ecumenical, and personal formation for its students. Several activities accompany the academic formation to make learning a more enjoyable journey. The language of Instruction is Arabic, with English as a second language.