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Josiah Venture staff serve as faith missionaries and are responsible to raise support from interested churches or individuals to meet their financial needs. Some national staff are funded through grants or giving to projects. Adding to the richness of the team, the staff come from a total of nine countries and close to half are national staff who have been mobilized to reach their own people. A single minded focus combined with great cultural diversity brings a powerful creative dynamic to the team

Select a country from the list below to learn about its people and meet the Josiah Venture staff that works there.

Albania In the past few years, Albania has made strides toward democratic reform and maintaining the rule of law, as well as showing economic improvement.  more...

Bteam The Bteam exists to provide care, support and resources for the entire JV team.  more...

Croatia Croatia is one of the top vacation spots in Europe. But Croatia is not known for its spiritual heritage, rather a country that has emerged out of a bitter and devisive war in the 1990’s. There is hope for the next generation in Croatia but much work needs to be done...   more...

Czech Republic Though it has gained recent recognition for its athletes, most notably in soccer and hockey, the Czech Republic boasts a long history of famous composers, thinkers, and innovators.  more...

Estonia is described as positively transforming by the Estonian tourism board when explaining how their country has been changing over the past 10 years...  more...

Latvia is a country rich in its heritage of music, dance, art, and its own folk art, ceramics, and needle work. It is believed that the capital city of Riga, established in the 12th century, is one of the oldest cities in Europe...  more...

Poland is unique as a former Eastern Bloc country. It has known wars, holocausts, and even 120 years where the people had no land to call their own...  more...

Romania Few regions of Eastern Europe offer a more dazzling display of cultural and artistic treasures than Romania: medieval towns, traditional villages, magnificent architecture, majestic mountains, seaside resorts and romantic fairy-tale castles. But the need is great for relevance and on-going reformation in the local church. It is our desire to implement a healthy ministry paradigm centered in Christ and rooted in life-style evangelism and discipleship.  more...

Serbia Over the past 13 years Serbia-Montenegro (SCG) has known wars, hatred, refuges and even 78 days of a NATO bombing campaign. During this time it was the Orthodox Church that provided unity and identity for the people...  more...

Slovakia As in all the former Eastern Bloc countries, the fall of communism brought enormous cultural and spiritual change to Slovakia. A surge of spiritual interest and hunger from 1989 to 1995 resulted in many students coming to Christ...  more...

Slovenia declared independence from Yugoslavia on June 25th, 1991. For the first time in history, the Slovene people had the opportunity to govern themselves.They are now in the challenging process of deciding who they will be as a nation and as a people.  more...

Ukraine Ukraine is experiencing a movement of God in the local church and is home to the fastest growing church in Europe. Discipling new believers is a key need in responding to the church‘s evangelistic success.  more...