The City Mission’s commission is:
• to see and uncover violations, suffering and distress. Suffering is often hidden to those who have the power and authority in society. It is vital that the reality of what suffering, distress and injustice can do to the individual’s life and dignity be witnessed and told.
• to offer help, comfort and compassion. Those who are the most in distress ought to get the best of what we have to offer.
• to influence and change the causes of suffering, injustices and violations, and work towards a more just distribution. In this work, it is vital that both the individual and the group is given courage, authority and opportunity to do something themselves to improve their situation.
Hence, The City Mission’s tasks are:
• to work for, with and among the people of the city, especially the less fortunate members of society.
• to uncover and fight against violations of individuals and groups
• to engage in preventive work that will protect people from suffering and crises
• to work towards relieving suffering and change its causes
• to promote justice, and work towards a more just distribution of society’s goods
• to give courage to live and courage to believe, and contribute towards hope and joy of living being kept alive under all circumstances
• to help people meet death in a dignified and worthy manner when the time comes
• to be a church in the city where other congregational life does not extend