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Paul & Val Bowman
Paul’s first experience with Josiah Venture was in 1998 when he and his wife Val brought a short-term team to serve at an English camp in the Czech Republic. It marked the beginning of a deep connection with JV and a burden …Read more

Indrek-Eliel & Regina Tambek
Indrek-Eliel Tambek began volunteering with the leadership training program held by Koma, Josiah Venture’s partner organization in Estonia, back in 2011. Around the same time, he also began serving in the ministry of football …Read more

Pavla Kajfoszova
Pavla (Paja) was born in the Czech Republic and comes from a non-Christian family. Before joining Josiah venture (JV), Paja earned her bachelor’s degree in Economy and worked as a Sales officer and Coordinator for Silesian …Read more

Michal & Katarína Pončák
Michal and Katarína met for the first time while serving at an English camp in their local church. Their life story is quite similar. They are both “fruits” of several projects led by TCKompas—Josiah Venture’s (JV) partner …Read more

Serhii & Yana Skyba
Serhii was born and grew up in Cherkasy, Ukraine, where he accepted Christ. Starting in 2016, he ministered to young people, nurtured disciples, and worked as a chef. He met his wife Yana at the church and they got married …Read more

Dušan & Lucie Geldner
Dušan and Lucie first met in a church in Prague in 2007, when both were working in business. Dušan was also involved in sports ministry with Athletes in Action. He served as a volleyball coach at their summer sports camps …Read more

Eva Sucháčová
Eva joined Josiah Venture (JV) in 2011 after participating as a student at the School of Youth Leaders in Slovakia. This school changed her view of ministry. It was there that Eva learned about discipleship for the first …Read more

Bálint Szabados
Bálint lives in Veszprém, a small town in Western Hungary where young people need the gospel desperately. He felt God slowly leading him into full-time ministry through his growing passion for serving young people. Through …Read more

Andrii & Tanya Ivaniuk
Andrii was born in 1989 and raised in the city of Rivne in Western Ukraine. It was a difficult period for the country. He grew up in a family with no father, and his mother raised Andrii and his younger brother alone. At …Read more

Peter & Eva Hrubo
Peter and Eva met while attending college in Žilina, Slovakia during the communist era. Together they were involved in pioneering a youth ministry in their local church. Married shortly after the Velvet Revolution, Eva began …Read more
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Geoff Hammond

Geoff worked as an English teacher from 1996-98 in Sokolov, Czech Republic. During that time, he learned the basics of the Czech language and culture. The connection he had with students gave him a desire to see these young people grow into adults that influence their society for the better.

From 2012, he was bringing small American teams to serve for one week at a time alongside local churches, connecting with Czech students through English conversation and summer camps. During these trips, Geoff served alongside his Czech wife, Martina, who later passed away due to illness. In 2019, Geoff joined Josiah Venture in the Czech Republic to continue serving full time. He then married Lucie and is now living and equipping young leaders through the local church in her home town in the Ústí nad Labem region.

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Other Czech Republic team members ↓

Ellenwood

Ellenwood

Mel & Amy

Krupa

Krupa

Mark

Patty

Patty

Dave & Connie

Strock

Strock

Gregory & Kori

Kaspar

Kaspar

Brad & Lucie

Hust

Hust

Samuel & Šárka

Kuklinek

Kuklinek

Jan & Naďa

Božoň

Božoň

Petr & Lauren

Nevřela

Nevřela

Tomáš & Lucie

Drabina

Drabina

Dušan & Dana

English

English

Terry & Hana

Zegan

Zegan

Zach & Kara

Lach

Lach

Bogdan & Martina

Chestnut

Chestnut

Robert & Audrey

Kloosterhuis

Kloosterhuis

John & Erin

Szturc

Szturc

Milan & Jarka

Yorman

Yorman

Casey & Kristin

Dickson

Dickson

Kevin & Daniela

Nelson

Nelson

Josh & Zuzi

Rosen

Rosen

Jonathan & Veronika

Pospíšil

Pospíšil

Jan & Renee

Davison

Davison

Rachael

Miller

Miller

Jim & Lina

Schwarz

Schwarz

Pavel & Jana

Bothwell

Bothwell

Brian & Natalia

Llamas

Llamas

Landen & Jenny

Paszová

Paszová

Miriam

Geldner

Geldner

Dušan & Lucie

Hlavsa Flowers

Hlavsa Flowers

Shelby

Pixová

Pixová

Martina

Jedlička

Jedlička

Jiří & Jana

Dietz

Dietz

Josh & Anežka

Szturc

Szturc

Ondřej & Anna

Hennhofer

Hennhofer

Karel & Petra

Zářický

Zářický

Tomáš

Kabut

Kabut

Honza & Kateřina

Patty

Tyler & Lara

Tichá

Tichá

Kateřina

Bednarz

Bednarz

Noemi

Patty

Patty

Claire

Robertson

Robertson

Ben & Sarah

Bujoková

Bujoková

Pavlína

Soukup

Soukup

Michal

Adent

Adent

Jacob & Denny

Kocyan

Kocyan

Kateřina & Daniel

Vejmělka

Vejmělka

Jakub & Monika

Dušek

Dušek

Kseniya & Mára

Smith

Smith

Sean & Sarah

Martináková

Martináková

Hana

Toušek

Toušek

Michaela & Roman

Short

Short

Tiffany

Toušek

Toušek

Tomáš & Hanka

Williams

Williams

Paul & Molli

Budd

Budd

Julia

Rokosz

Rokosz

Jan & Tereza

Kajfoszova

Kajfoszova

Pavla

Blažek

Blažek

Daniel

Holden

Holden

Justin & Lucie

Řezníček

Řezníček

Jana & Eduard

Molin

Molin

Henryk

Ward

Ward

Sarah

Mészáros

Mészáros

Lucie & Filip

Kittel

Kittel

Zuzana & David

Macura

Macura

Lukáš

Šnajdrová

Šnajdrová

Lenka

Hujdusová

Hujdusová

Barbora

Motlochova

Motlochova

Hanka

Boszczykova

Boszczykova

Iva

Leech

Leech

Catherine

Welcome our new staff

Zuzana & David Kittel Zuzka serves as a trainer and mentor for new and veteran youth leaders for Josiah Venture’s partner organization (KAM) in the Czech Republic.

Support a national missionary

Yoan & Nadia Tsonchev Yoan and Nadia are full-time members of Istinski Horizonti’s team (Josiah Venture’s partner organization in Bulgaria) and have assumed the national coordination of Fusion for Bulgaria.