Prepare its students for committed lives of service to the church, academy, and society; develop practices of mind and body that foster intellectual and academic excellence, social justice, and compassionate wisdom; form courageous faith leaders who make a difference wherever they serve.

Enabled the Jewish people to introduce innovation while preserving tradition, to embrace diversity while asserting commonality, to affirm beliefs without rejecting those who doubt, and to bring faith to sacred texts without sacrificing critical scholarship.

Create a formal framework for the rapprochement between the Lutheran and Reformed Churches of Alsace and Lorraine.

Unite young scientists and specialists of Eurasia not through organisational and formal steps, but inviting them to united project teams to work together on real scientific projects.

Change lives — individually, systemically and globally; work to make transformation possible, but trust in God's grace; insist that churches must be places of vitality in worship, learning, and advocacy; Work for justice, and believe that lives are changed through global experiences and friendships.

Meet the missionary challenges of today; maintain a genuine, consistent and egalitarian partnership; support partnerships between parishes and church districts in Africa, Asia and Germany.

Work toward a more peaceful, more socially inclusive world, by building mutual respect among peoples of different cultural and religious identities, highlighting the will of the world's majority to reject extremism and embrace diversity; seek to operate in situations where it can contribute to broader efforts to ameliorate identity based crises and promote culturally sensitive development policies.

Support countries own solutions to development challenges; develop national and local capacities that will help them achieve human development and the Sustainable Development Goals.

Create the conditions for dialogue among civilisations, cultures and peoples, based upon respect for commonly shared values; contribute to the building of peace, the eradication of poverty, sustainable development and intercultural dialogue through education, the sciences, culture, communication and information; attain quality education for all and lifelong learning; mobilise science knowledge and policy for sustainable development; address emerging social and ethical challenges; foster cultural diversity, intercultural dialogue and a culture of peace; build inclusive knowledge societies through information and communication.

Support inter-governmental bodies, such as the Commission on the Status of Women, in their formulation of policies, global standards and norms; help Member States implement these standards, standing ready to provide suitable technical and financial support to those countries that request it, and to forge effective partnerships with civil society; lead and coordinate the UN system’s work on gender equality, as well as promote accountability, including through regular monitoring of system-wide progress.