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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

Mára & Kseniya Dušek
Kseniya and Mára both met Jesus at Josiah Venture (JV) camps in 2012. Kseniya in Ukraine; Mára in the Czech Republic. They, then, met each other in 2017 at the JV Media Academy and got married in 2018. Kseniya and Mára …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

Sasha & Nataliya Dubovyk
Sasha grew up in Eastern Ukraine, spending the first twenty years of his life in Kharkiv. In 1999, he heard God's call on his life to become a missionary in Rivne, 800 kilometers away from his home. There, he joined a team …Read more

Zuza Szymik
Zuza grew up in Poland. She believed in God from a very young age, but most of her life she was surrounded by people who thought God is only for Sunday mornings. She wanted to live differently. Her dream was to meet other …Read more

Lukasz & Jola Kropisz
In 2004 while in a JV nine-month internship program, Lukasz discovered his passion for middle school students and his calling to ministry. That same year he developed El Dorado, a camp and conference ministry in southern …Read more

Lelde Keice
Lelde was 14 when she became a Christian at a youth camp. She was first introduced to Josiah Venture (JV) in her second year of high school when her local pastor encouraged her to go to a leadership training run by JV Latvia. …Read more

Jana & Eduard Řezníček
Jana has been working with children and young people in the Czech Republic for more than 25 years. She worked after the Velvet Revolution as a Scout leader, a teacher at elementary schools, and a children's pastor. Inspired …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

Alin Udrea
Growing up in a large family, Alin has always loved to play and work with children. By his first year of high school, he was already volunteering for underprivileged children from a center in Bucharest. He came to know God …Read more
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Noemi & Rycho Bednarz

Simeon, Sara, Miriam, Rebeka

Noemi and Rycho grew up in Christian families and got married in 2005. They live in Ropice, Czech Republic, and care for 4 children—twins Simeon and Sára (12 years), Miriam (9), and Rebeka (7 years). They first encountered Josiah Venture (JV) when they founded their local Fusion ministry in their church in 2010. After half a year, they were asked if they would like to join the ministry and serve as full-time JV missionaries. Rycho left his job to join the mission, and served in JV Fusion until November 2018. He now works at a company that sells motorcycle equipment. Noemi joined the ministry in 2013, and has served in JV Fusion until February 2020. Noemi is currently working in the KAM (Josiah Venture's partner organization in Czech) office as an office worker.

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Ellenwood

Ellenwood

Mel & Amy

Krupa

Krupa

Mark

Patty

Patty

Dave & Connie

Strock

Strock

Gregory & Kori

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Kaspar

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Hust

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Kuklinek

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Božoň

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Nevřela

Tomáš & Lucie

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Drabina

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Zegan

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Lach

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Michalko

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Szturc

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Yorman

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Dickson

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Nelson

Josh & Zuzi

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Hartman

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Rosen

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Pospíšil

Jan & Renee

Bednarz

Bednarz

Rycho

Davison

Davison

Rachael

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Schwarz

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Bothwell

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Llamas

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Paszová

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Geldner

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Good

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Pixová

Pixová

Martina

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Jedlička

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Dietz

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Szturc

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Hennhofer

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Zářický

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Kabut

Kabut

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Patty

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Tichá

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Wurzel

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Marek

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Hoffmann

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Pípal

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Patty

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Dinh Minh

Dinh Minh

Lan Phuong

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Robertson

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Bujoková

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Hammond

Geoff

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Soukup

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Adent

Adent

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Janoušková

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Kocyan

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Vejmělka

Jakub & Monika

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Dušek

Mára & Kseniya

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Smith

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Martináková

Hana

Toušek

Toušek

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Short

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Toušek

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Břešťák

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Williams

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Budd

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Rokosz

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Pavla

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Holden

Justin & Lucie

Řezníček

Řezníček

Jana & Eduard

Molin

Molin

Henryk

Ward

Ward

Sarah

Mészáros

Mészáros

Lucie

Welcome our new staff

Vitalii & Sofia Andriiets Through a partnership with Epokha (Josiah Venture Ukraine’s partner organization), Vitaliy has a vision of developing a movement through Wise Carpenter to disciple boys and young men throughout Ukraine and Central and Eastern Europe.