: <0x09> ▁ ▁To ▁work ▁toward ▁the ▁unity ▁of ▁Christians ▁( ec umen ism ); ▁▁▁▁ ▁To ▁contribute ▁to ▁positive ▁relations ▁between ▁pe op les ▁of ▁the ▁Abraham ic ▁faith s ▁( Inter rel ig ious ▁Dialog ue ); ▁▁▁▁ ▁To ▁be ▁agent ▁for ▁the ▁recon c ili ation ▁of ▁pe op les ▁in ▁conflict ▁( pe ace building , ▁especially ▁with ▁respect ▁to ▁the ▁Arab - Is ra eli ▁Conf lict / Is ra eli - Pal est in ian ▁Conf lict ). ▁ ▁While ▁the ▁ec umen ical ▁mission ▁of ▁Christian ▁Unity ▁is ▁the ▁central ▁and ▁core ▁mission ▁of ▁T ant ur , ▁its ▁situation ▁in ▁between ▁Jerusalem ▁and ▁Beth le hem ▁give ▁easy ▁context ▁for ▁the ▁second - t ier ▁mission ▁areas ▁of ▁inter rel ig ious ▁dialog ue ▁and ▁peace building . ▁T ant ur ▁is ▁as ▁a ▁place ▁and ▁resource ▁for ▁global ▁ec umen ical ▁research , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁for ▁local ▁initi atives ▁in ▁these ▁areas . ▁ ▁In ▁anticip ation ▁of ▁the ▁ 5 0 th ▁anni versary ▁of ▁the ▁le ase ▁and ▁ground bre aking ▁for ▁the ▁inst itute ▁( 1 9 6 7 ), ▁the ▁international ▁advis ory ▁board ▁recently ▁developed ▁a ▁new ▁Str ateg ic ▁Plan ▁for ▁T ant ur , ▁which ▁identified ▁the ▁following ▁strateg ic ▁goals : ▁▁ ▁To ▁once ▁again ▁become ▁an ▁intern ation ally ▁recognized ▁gal van izing ▁force ▁for ▁scholar ship ▁and ▁dialog ue ▁on ▁them es ▁related ▁to ▁Christian ▁unity . ▁ ▁Em bed ▁T ant ur