Journey, Western Theological Seminary's Center for the Church's Learning, has initiated a pilot set of six Journey Groups. A Journey Group consists of from five to seven pastors (or similar pastoral agents) who commit themselves to a three- year, shared learning path in some particular field of ministerial identity and practice. The program is founded on three fundamental convictions:
- Learning happens with peers.
- Learning unfolds on a path.
- Congregations and pastors learn together.