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Jiří & Helen Hoffmann
Driven by his heart for young people and a passion for visual media, Jíří started serving on Josiah Venture’s Communications team in the Spring of 2016 in the Czech Republic. As a Design Specialist, he loves using creativity …Read more

Tino & Cristiana Peste
Tino and Cristiana are living and serving the Lord in Constanta, Romania. Constanta is situated in South-East Romania, by the sea, and is a multicultural metropolis that hosts over fourteen different ethnic groups. Tino …Read more

Lyubov Zheleva
Lyubov was born and raised in a Christian home in a small Bulgarian town. God's call to Bulgaria has been evident in her life and has guided her decisions about studies and ministry opportunities through the years. Lyubov …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

Olena Volovyk
Olena was born in Ternopil and has lived there her whole life. When she was 8 years old, she started attending a church kids club and Sunday school through the invitation of a Christian elementary school teacher. There she …Read more

Agata & Jan Jankowska
Agata was born into a believing family, yet she did not always feel like she belonged to the local church. She did not understand serving the church, because she struggled to imagine how she could serve. As a teenager in …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

Ieva Ābola
Ieva was introduced to Josiah Venture while leading an English camp in her country of Latvia in 2010. She served for three summers as a national intern and saw firsthand the need for purpose and meaning in the faces of the …Read more

David & Daniela Kostlán
David grew up in a Christian family in the Czech Republic. After graduating high school, he went to study sociology, beginning in Prague and finishing in Bratislava, where he met his future wife. For several years he worked …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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2012 Advance Conference - Everyday Church

The 2012 Advance Conference was held in Malenovice, Czech Republic on February 20-24 and the theme was "Everyday Church." It was designed to help church leaders across the region establish, transition, and expand their local communities of believers as they live for Christ in the everyday.

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2012 Advance - Main Session - Everyday Discipleship

20 February 2012 | Tim Chester

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2012 Advance - Main Session - Everyday Discipleship

20 February 2012 | Tim Chester Download: Download Audio

2012 Advance - Main Session - Everyday Father

21 February 2012 | Tim Chester

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2012 Advance - Main Session - Everyday Father

21 February 2012 | Tim Chester Download: Download Audio

2012 Advance - Main Session - A Church Planting Movement That Changes a Country

22 February 2012 | Peteris Sprogis

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2012 Advance - Main Session - A Church Planting Movement That Changes a Country

22 February 2012 | Peteris Sprogis Download: Download Audio

2012 Advance - Main Session - Everyday Son

23 February 2012 | Tim Chester

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2012 Advance - Main Session - Everyday Son

23 February 2012 | Tim Chester Download: Download Audio

2012 Advance - Main Session - Growing an Everyday Church, The Tacoma Story

23 February 2016 | Caesar Kalinowski

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2012 Advance - Main Session - Growing an Everyday Church, The Tacoma Story

23 February 2016 | Caesar Kalinowski Download: Download Audio

2012 Advance - Main Session - Everyday Spirit

24 February 2012 | Tim Chester

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2012 Advance - Main Session - Everyday Spirit

24 February 2012 | Tim Chester Download: Download Audio

2012 Advance - Establish - Creating a Unified Direction

21 February 2012

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2012 Advance - Establish - Creating a Unified Direction

21 February 2012 Download: Download Audio

2012 Advance - Establish - Four Liberating Truths

21 February 2012 | Tim Chester

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2012 Advance - Establish - Four Liberating Truths

21 February 2012 | Tim Chester Download: Download Audio

2012 Advance - Establish - Called to Reproduce

22 February 2012 | Peteris Sprogis

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2012 Advance - Establish - Called to Reproduce

22 February 2012 | Peteris Sprogis Download: Download Audio

2012 Advance - Establish - Building Missional Communities

23 February 2012 | Theo Bunescu, Caesar Kalinowski

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2012 Advance - Establish - Building Missional Communities

23 February 2012 | Theo Bunescu, Caesar Kalinowski Download: Download Audio

2012 Advance - Establish - Starting Multiple Churches

23 February 2012 | Miro Toth

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2012 Advance - Establish - Starting Multiple Churches

23 February 2012 | Miro Toth Download: Download Audio

2012 Advance - Establish - How to Start and How Not to Start

24 February 2012 | Daniel Hurta

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2012 Advance - Establish - How to Start and How Not to Start

24 February 2012 | Daniel Hurta Download: Download Audio

2012 Advance - Transition - Transioning to a Missional Focus

21 February 2012 | Caesar Kalinowski

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2012 Advance - Transition - Transioning to a Missional Focus

21 February 2012 | Caesar Kalinowski Download: Download Audio

2012 Advance - Transition - Reforming Without Revolution

21 February 2012 | Peteris Sprogis

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2012 Advance - Transition - Reforming Without Revolution

21 February 2012 | Peteris Sprogis Download: Download Audio

2012 Advance - Transition - Lessons from the Early Years

22 February 2012 | Dan Hash

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2012 Advance - Transition - Lessons from the Early Years

22 February 2012 | Dan Hash Download: Download Audio

2012 Advance - Transition - Four Liberating Truths

23 February 2012 | Tim Chester

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2012 Advance - Transition - Four Liberating Truths

23 February 2012 | Tim Chester Download: Download Audio

2012 Advance - Transition - Equipping Your Team

23 February 2012 | Dave Patty

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2012 Advance - Transition - Equipping Your Team

23 February 2012 | Dave Patty Download: Download Audio

2012 Advance - Transition - Group Development and Multiplication

24 February 2012

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2012 Advance - Transition - Group Development and Multiplication

24 February 2012 Download: Download Audio

2012 Advance - Expand - Called to Reproduce

20 February 2012 | Peteris Sprogis

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2012 Advance - Expand - Called to Reproduce

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2012 Advance - Expand - How to Plant While You are Still Young

21 February 2012 | Daniel Hurta

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2012 Advance - Expand - How to Plant While You are Still Young

21 February 2012 | Daniel Hurta Download: Download Audio

2012 Advance - Expand - Mission Drifts and Reproducibility

22 February 2012 | Caesar Kalinowski, Todd Morr

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2012 Advance - Expand - Mission Drifts and Reproducibility

22 February 2012 | Caesar Kalinowski, Todd Morr Download: Download Audio

2012 Advance - Expand - The Essential Engine

23 February 2012 | Dave Patty

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2012 Advance - Expand - The Essential Engine

23 February 2012 | Dave Patty Download: Download Audio

2012 Advance - Expand - Group Development and Multiplication

23 February 2012

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2012 Advance - Expand - Group Development and Multiplication

23 February 2012 Download: Download Audio

2012 Advance - Expand - Questions and Answers

24 February 2012

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2012 Advance - Expand - Questions and Answers

24 February 2012 Download: Download Audio

Welcome our new staff

Barbora Benešová Barbora has a big heart for preparing Christian youth leaders for their work. Consequently, she runs and organizes pointonline.sk for TCK in Slovakia—a portal where youth leaders can find resources, ideas, and materials for their ministry. Besides her work on this website, Barbora also serves as an assistant in TCK’s School of Youth Leaders project.

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Ion Matei Ion aspires to empower young people throughout Moldova to make disciples and to connect with other churches through Josiah Venture Edge football.