Everything we do as a Synod – through our churches, educational and social institutions, committees, boards, and cadre, is aimed toward: 1. Testifying to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. 2. Cultivating real and full communion with the Church of Christ everywhere. 3. Supporting the ecumenical endeavor on the road to the unity of Christ’s Church. 4. Achieving justice, peace and dignity of God’s creation. 5. Facilitating the development of integrated individuals, as a basis for a better society. 6. Activating the role of the youth, with an emphasis on gender equality, for the extension of the kingdom of God and the testimony of the Church. 7. Openness to, and cooperation with, the other in the service of humanity, without discrimination between race, religion, or color.