The MANDATE of IMES is to bring about positive transformation in thinking and practice between Christians and Muslims in the Middle East and beyond. The principal avenue by which we seek to fulfill our Mandate is through Education, Advocacy, and Peace-building.

As a research and resource institute founded by the Arab Baptist Theological Seminary (ABTS), Lebanon, IMES is responding to the increasingly urgent NEED to dispel mutually false perceptions between peoples of different religions and cultures, which eventually result in inadequate practice in social, religious, political, and personal spheres.