• stimulate within the Church of Ireland a sense of the priority and urgency of mission;
• advocate the equality and complementary nature of mission at home and throughout the world;
• maintain close relationships with other bodies concerned with mission and in particular with Diocesan Boards of Mission, the Association of Mission Societies, and mission and overseas development agencies;
• promote effective models of mission and evangelism;
• encourage programmes of renewal;
• initiate and encourage enterprises which will further the mission of the Church;
• allocate funds from St Patrick’s Memorial Fund and other funds at its disposal;
• foster interest in members of the Church of Ireland serving in other parts of the world;
• facilitate mission interchange visits to and from Ireland; and
• encourage reflection on the theology of mission.

The Council reports annually to the Church of Ireland’s General Synod.