Every church these days has Community Groups. This is a good thing, as Christians learn to live out their faith in community. It tends to resemble the early church, recorded in Acts 2:42. However, after seeing the life transformation happening in men who went through our Journey process, we wondered what would happen if a group of married couples went through The Journey.

First, we looked at the curriculum to see what changes needed to be made. Our temptation was to make a marriage curriculum. However, the more we thought and prayed about it, God led us to leave the curriculum alone. The Journey is about a man or woman abiding in Christ. When a believer comes into proximity with Christ and abides with Him, changes happen. We believed that individuals in a marriage who are both abiding will end up having a stronger marriage.

We tested this a few years ago, and we were blown away! Women needed this as much as men. We saw women being set free from all sorts of spiritual bondage, and a depth in these groups that none of us ever had experienced in a typical small group. We saw intimacy with Christ increase, as well as intimacy between the couples. It was beautiful!