About
Structure

Doctrinal Statement

Partnerships

Josiah Venture Council

National Organizations
Boards

Josiah Venture Board

JV Canada Board

JV United Kingdom Board
Training Centers

Malenovice Event Center Project

Malenovice, Czech Republic

TCKompas, Slovakia

h2o, Poland

Ukraine Training Center
People & Places
Featured National Missionaries

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

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

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

Tsvetan & Maia Stoitsev
Tsvetan and Maia have been serving in the youth movement with their churches union for the last 20 years. They have been married for 18 years and have two kids, Georgi and Nia. During the previous several years, while serving …Read more

Peter Linkesch
Peter gave his life to Christ at a youth camp in Slovakia when he was 10 years old. From the time that he was 15 years old, Peter served in various ministries of his church. It started with the middle-school ministry (meetings …Read more

Klára & David Břešťák
After Klára received a clear vision from God of becoming a youth leader, both she and David prayed for a ministry that they could take part in for them to become living stones at church; God heard their prayers. He set them …Read more

Andrii & Yulia Polonnikov
Andrii was born in Lviv, Ukraine, where he has spent his whole life. He began attending church through a friend. Through a summer camp ministry, Andrii started to understand what it meant to live with the Lord when he was …Read more

Alex & Alexandra Capverde
Alex and Alexandra believe that God called them to do discipleship among the people of their region of Romania using sports, Bible study, praying with them, and taking care of them. Alex is the pastor of their local church …Read more

Daniel & Kristýna Pípal
Daniel and Kristýna met for the first time at Hotel Malenovice in the Czech Republic during a youth conference. A few years later, they got married in 2010. They joined cell churches (communities) and started doing Christian …Read more

Bogdan & Martina Lach
The first time Bogdan and Martina heard about Josiah Venture, they were praying and looking for a place where they could work and serve God with their gifts. About that time, KAM (JV’s partner organization in the Czech Republic) …Read more
Country Teams

Albania

Bulgaria

Croatia

Czech Republic

Estonia

Germany

Hungary

Latvia

Moldova

Montenegro

Poland

Romania

Serbia

Slovakia

Slovenia

Ukraine
Special Teams

Ambassadors

ForMission Students

International Office Staff

Interns

National Missionaries

New Staff Raising Support
Mobilizing Organizations

JV Canada

JV United Kingdom

JV United States
Aid for Ukraine
Help Ukraine Now!
Opportunities
Give

Donate to People or Places

Donate to Projects and More
Pray

Join the JV Prayer Room
Go

Summer Internships

Mission Trips
Resources
Featured Resource

Ideas for Summer Ministry with Ukrainians
Resource Categories

Remote Ministry

Discipleship

Evangelism

Missionary Kids

Media
Resource Subsections

Remote Youth Ministry Ideas

Online Ministry Tools

Doing Church Online

Inspiring Stories of Adapting Ministry to Coronavirus
Blog
Help Ukraine – Phase Two

Missional Formation

Persevering Faith

Stepping Out in Faith

Music that Heals

Refugees Serving Refugees

A Guest in the House is God in the House
Most Recent Blog Posts

Help Ukraine – Phase Two

Missional Formation

Persevering Faith

Stepping Out in Faith

Music that Heals

Refugees Serving Refugees

A Guest in the House is God in the House
Giving
Featured Projects

Ukraine Crisis - General Fund

Slovenia Camps Ministry

EDGE Sports Ministry - Estonia
Give to

Ministry Projects

Country Projects

Missionary Staff and Interns

Help Ukraine Now!

perm_identity View My account

2022 Spring Conference - Burden to Blessing

This content is private. Only logged in users can see this content.

Welcome our new staff

Chelsey Dean Chelsey is thrilled to be a part of the Josiah Venture family and to partner with a local church to disciple and enable young leaders to accomplish Christ's commission.

Support a national missionary

David & Daniela Kostlán The Kostlans serve in Slovakia where they get great joy seeing people realize they can live a full life through a relationship with God.