The Mission of the Western Mission Cluster is focused by the mission statements of its two seminaries:

Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary
Berkeley, California
Mission Statement
Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary develops leaders for the church by
+ Deepening faith in Christ
+ Expanding the heart
+ Challenging the mind
+ Energizing for mission

Luther Seminary
St Paul, Minnesota
Mission Statement
Luther Seminary educates
leaders for Christian
communities
+ called and sent by the
Holy Spirit
+ to witness to salvation through
Jesus Christ
+ and to serve in God's world.

and extended in a broad range of partner institutions:

The Western Mission Cluster partners to foster theological education for lifelong learning to serve more fully the ministry of the baptized in the church and in their daily lives in the world.