The vision of The Church of Scotland is to be a church which seeks to inspire the people of Scotland and beyond with the Good News of Jesus Christ through enthusiastic worshipping, witnessing, nurturing and serving communities.

Being a place for church services, meetings and dialogue.

Work in partnership with the four National Ecumenical Instruments; Facilitate effective collaborative working; Create appropriate ecumenical space; Be an expression of the churches' shared commitment to four nations ecumenism; Work with the widest range of partners; Listen closely, and respond to the shared needs and aspirations of the churches; Resource the work of the churches, agencies, networks and bodies in association with CTBI; Recognise and work with complexity; Offer theological reflection across the shared areas of work

Foster cooperation rather than confrontation among people of different religions and cultures; focus on the factors that have led to the rise and fall of previous civilisations and how people of this millennium can benefit from lessons of the past in a world literally changing to a global village.

Empower religious leaders to explore and utilize the resources of their diverse religious traditions in promoting authentic dialogue, inter-religious understanding, justice and world peace; combat the perverse use of religious teachings and traditions to justify violence and discrimination against people and institutions.

Address the crisis of understanding that tears at the social fabric of societies around the world; advance social cohesion through education and innovation.

Promote coexistence and dialogue, in particular by hosting mixed groups of Israelis and Palestinians for short stays in Switzerland, and encouraging exchanges with Switzerland, welcoming the Swiss host families for short stays in Israel and Palestine.

Create, organise, and promote projects for peace and non-violence, and encounters between religions and dialogue between cultures, particularly with, and among youth; promote a message of brotherhood through these projects.

Engage in a cooperative venture that gave life to a new reality, promoting peace and solidarity in the European continent; position itself in the search for the common good, placing at the centre of its action the respect for human dignity; take note of the relevance of this new reality that had come into existence, and with the aim of promoting the Christian dimension of the process.

Cooperate in the service to poor people and in the various activities of Sant'Egidio without being part of the community in a strict sense.