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Tomáš & Hanka Toušek
Tomáš Toušek is from a Christian family. He put his faith in Christ at 16 years old on a ski outreach trip in Austria through another organization. After that, he started doing ministry in his local church working with young …Read more

Vahur & Eliza Kobin
Vahur first came to a Josiah Venture (JV) English camp as a student in 2009. There, he saw, for the first time, Christ being lived out in other people’s lives, which led him to also choose a lifestyle of living for Jesus. In …Read more

Tomáš & Lucie Nevřela
Lucie and Tomáš met in 2005 in their church in Písek at a summer evangelistic soccer camp where they were serving. They shared a love for sports and for reaching the lost. After becoming friends and dating for two years, …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

Bojan Ostojić
Bojan was born into an atheist family in Serbia, which was at that time part of Yugoslavia. He came to know Christ in his senior year of college. After finishing his masters in clinical psychology, he returned to his home …Read more

Timotej & Lucia Mahrik
Timo and Lucia grew up in the same church—CB Church in Žilina, Slovakia. Both of their fathers were strongly involved in ministry there; Timo’s dad was a leading pastor and Lucia’s dad was one of the elders. Timo and Lucia …Read more

Andrej & Nina Lovše
Andrej and Nina met as teens in their hometown of Maribor, Slovenia. Nina was the first to accept Christ as a result of missionaries sharing Christ outside her high school. A few years later, Andrej became a believer and …Read more

Dušan & Dana Drabina
Dusan and Dana have been married since 2008. Dusan has been serving with Josiah Venture in the Czech Republic since January 2004. Dusan got his Master’s Degree in Economics in Prague and Diploma in Business Administration …Read more

Svyatoslav & Khrystya Garvas
Svyatoslav (Syava) has lived in Lviv, Ukraine his entire life. He came to know Jesus through a youth outreach program at New Life Church, which has become like a family to him. Syava has been serving in youth ministry for …Read more

Jan & Renee Pospíšil
Jéňa has been serving full-time with Josiah Venture in the Czech Republic since September 2011. After finishing his degree in Education, Jéňa continued studying Music. During the second year of his studies, he was offered …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

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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

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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

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2012 Advance - Establish - Called to Reproduce

22 February 2012 | Peteris Sprogis

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2012 Advance - Establish - Called to Reproduce

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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

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2012 Advance - Transition - Reforming Without Revolution

21 February 2012 | Peteris Sprogis

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2012 Advance - Transition - Reforming Without Revolution

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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

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2012 Advance - Transition - Group Development and Multiplication

24 February 2012

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2012 Advance - Transition - Group Development and Multiplication

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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

Justin & Lucie Holden Justin and Lucie live in Liberec, Czech Republic where they do local ministry and have various positions within JV including leading youth conferences, equipping leaders, and coaching those facing addiction.