Summer Intern

As a summer intern helping to lead evangelistic camps for Eastern European young people, you would be responsible for teaching conversational English, building relationships with students, following up with those students, and facilitating a variety of training activities related to youth ministry.

You would serve on a team of four to eight interns under the leadership of an experienced JV staff member. Prior to the start of camps, these teams undergo a week of intensive training in Eastern Europe. At the end of the summer they debrief with a time of testimonies and reflection. Interns are required to raise their support as faith missionaries.

Minimum commitment: 3 months

Extended Summer Intern

As an extended summer intern, you would serve under the leadership of an experienced JV staff member and minister by discipling new believers, helping local youth ministries, or serving on a traveling evangelism team. You would also take part in any ongoing field training provided by Josiah Venture to its staff members during your internship period. Generally, these internships take place during the school year.

Often staff interns begin as summer interns and then extend their stay until Christmas or the following summer. This is an ideal way to gain experience and to confirm your calling and gifts if you are exploring the possibility of serving overseas long term. Staff interns are required to raise their support as faith missionaries.

Maximum commitment: 8 months

EXIT Tour Intern

As an EXIT Tour intern working with local youth groups and churches throughout Central and Eastern Europe, you would be a part of a team that travels to different cities each semester to host a evangelical outreach program called EXIT Tour. Working with local youth groups and the EXIT Tour team, you would be responsible for helping walk alongside local youth groups as they reach out to teens in their home cities.

EXIT Tour travels to an average of four different cities per tour. We are looking for people who are interested in sharing their faith through personal relationships and we want to invest into the local church. In addition to regular interns, our specific needs are: road techs, musicians, sound/lighting engineers, English game coordinators. Interns are required to raise their support as faith missionaries.

Average commitment time: 7 weeks during the school year.

Model Maker

As a model maker, you will work in a local setting as part of a church, living a transparent life with Jesus in front of students and disciple young people in that youth group. You will also participate in joint evangelistic efforts with other teammates.

Minimum commitment: 2 years

Experienced Youth Leader

As an experienced youth leader, your primary responsibility would be to come along side a national youth leader and help him develop his youth ministry. As that happens you will also train and disciple other national youth leaders.

Minimum commitment: 5 years

Country Leader

As a country leader, you will be responsible for entrepreneurial leadership of the ministry, management, program development, discipleship, and training. You would begin by learning the language and establishing contacts with key national leaders, then move on to developing model ministries and training.

Minimum commitment: 10 years

Support Staff

Support personnel serve a country team or the entire Josiah Venture team by caring for the logistical and administrative aspects of the ministry. You may set up training conferences, care for legal and government obligations, help people get settled in new locations, provide secretarial support, work with graphics and design for training materials, or a number of other things.

Minimum commitment: 1 year