The aims and objectives of the centre are:
- To provide opportunities for research, prayer and exchange for people world-wide interested in Dietrich Bonhoeffer.
- To archive the international research material on Dietrich Bonhoeffer and to develop a library accordingly.
- To deepen our own research on Dietrich Bonhoeffer.
- To expand research about Bonhoeffer's time in London and the German Protestant community in the 1930s.
- To publish the series ‘Dietrich Bonhoeffer Studies'.
- To initiate projects in relation to Bonhoeffer.
- To develop a website, which will present the different activities, both local as well as on an international level.
- To open up the centre of Dietrich Bonhoeffer documentation for scholars and people world-wide who will visit London.
- To organise symposiums, seminars, courses, conferences, debates, and Church related activities.
- To offer both pastoral and professional academic support and supervision for those who wish further guidance in their work, and prayer.
- To expand our contacts with the different organizations interested in Dietrich Bonhoeffer and social Justice issues.