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Martina Pixová
When Martina became a Christian back in 2000, Josiah Venture English camp was one of her first ministry opportunities. She immediately fell in love with the English camp culture. She loved serving Czech students side by …Read more

Samuel & Šárka Hust
Samuel and Sarka, along with their two children Eliska and Barbora, have been serving with Josiah Venture in the Czech Republic since April 2005. After finishing an internship at KAM (JV’s partner organization in Czech) …Read more

Hana Martináková
In 2000, Hanka along with three other people, participated in founding an association called "On the Road," which focused on Christian youth work. She worked for 8 years as a social worker and did lectures at schools. Back …Read more

Gabriel & Naomi Nicolae
Gabriel grew up in south-east Romania in city called Constanta with a family filled with passion for Christ. They served as missionaries in Turkey amongst muslims for 4 years and later moved back to Constanta. It is a big …Read more

Daniel & Maruška Skonc
Daniel has been involved in youth ministry and has over 10 years experience leading youth groups, organizing camps, and working as a volunteer in the church. He studied land-surveying, but was called to full-time ministry. …Read more

Pavlína Bujoková
Pavlina grew up in Haviřov, where she lived with her family and attended the church that facilitated Josiah Venture’s (JV’s) first ever English camp. From a young age, she encountered the ministries of Josiah Venture and …Read more

Ivana Polláková
God was making Himself known to Ivana since her childhood through a Bible for children, Sunday school, and religion classes. However, it took her several years to start following Christ. While in high school, she started …Read more

Salomon & Iza Krok
Salomon was born into a family of believers in the Silesian region of Poland, in a town called Cieszyn. As time went on, the faith his parents held to was not enough for him personally. Salomon had to go on his own path …Read more

Elisaveta Stoitseva
Lizzy first heard of Josiah Venture (JV) and its ministry in Central and Eastern Europe at a training conference in 2016, and she was captured by their vision for reaching young people. That’s where she first felt called …Read more

Ema Kreko
Ema has been serving in the local church in Zagreb, Croatia as a youth leader for over a decade now. She first heard of Josiah Venture (JV) and their ministry in Central and Eastern Europe at an English camp in 2006. She …Read more
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2022 Fall Conference - Messenger of Hope

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2022 Spring Conference - Burden to Blessing

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JV Spring 2021

Renew: a theme we can all benefit from. For our online JV Spring gathering we had a central focus of being renewed around Colossians 2:2, complete with multiple speakers to guide us through three themes:…

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JV Spring 2020

“For I am the Lord…your God…who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, ‘Do not fear; I will help you.’” Isaiah 41:13 The Almighty, Omnipotent, Holy One holds my hand. I Am walks with me throughout…

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2019 Fall Conference - The Great Commandment

The Great Commandment: Renewing the Heart of Youth Ministry. These talks will help you think deeply about God’s love for us—and the implications for your ministry. You'll be challenged to press into how…

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2019 Spring Conference - No Other gods

John Calvin once said, “Man's nature is a perpetual factory of idols.” Though our hearts and minds should be fully devoted to God, idolatry can easily creep in and steal our blessing and fruitfulness.…

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Welcome our new staff

Brian & Aubrey Kroeker The Kroeker family is looking forward to joining the team in Hungary in Fall of 2023 as Camp Director (Brian) and Admin (Aubrey). They are also looking forward to serving the local church in whatever way possible as they dive into language studies.

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Raimonds & Marta Logins Raimonds is leading the JV Edge Sports ministry in Latvia and leads “Tough Nut” CrossFit garage. Raimonds & Marta desire to see many more young people encountering Jesus and becoming his faithful disciples for the rest of their lives.