About Us

John and Patti Cepin founded Journey Companions Ministries (JCM) because of their mutual desire to help church leaders, missionaries, and lay people develop a deeper awareness of God’s redemptive work.

The Cepins felt called to help equip the body of Christ to care deeply for the souls of others and to train up God's people who can facilitate spiritual direction and soul care in the lives of others.  Journey Companions Ministries was born out of the need to make soul care and good discipleship transferable, understandable, and practical.  Building upon their training from Drs. Larry Crabb and Dan Allender, at Grace Theological Seminary, they’ve sought to bring practical soul care and seminary level study to the common person.

John and Patti  cumulatively spent thousands of hours caring for others and offer insight and perspective into how the Spirit of God nurtures, transforms, and renews our hearts.  Though Patti went to be with Jesus at the end of 2025, John continues to faithful train and supervise others on the JCM Team.

Journey Companions exists to help develop communities of grace that care for the souls of others, which results in spiritual deepening led by the Holy Spirit.

We see ourselves as companions along the journey toward transformational, missional communities and deeper, more personal individual relationships with Jesus.

(Coming soon!  Sorry, we are still under construction...)