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Ruxandra Neacsu
Ruxi grew up in a Christian family and served in the local church in Galați ever since she was nine. After graduating from high-school, she moved back and forth a couple of times for school and work, but was always drawn …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

Darius & Bia Bocsa
Darius (Romanian) met his wife Bia (Brazilian) at Moody Bible Institute in Chicago. Both had a desire and passion to serve the Lord and to make the name of Jesus known. Together, they decided to move to Romania and work …Read more

Szczepan & Kamila Cackowski
Szczepan was born to a Christian family in northwest Poland. His journey with youth ministry started at age 15 when he began co-leading his church’s youth group. For many years, he served and discipled young people, as well …Read more

Terry & Hana English
Terry arrived in the Czech Republic in 1997 to teach English at a Christian language school in the city of Ostrava. During that year, he established an outreach model to reach Czech youth based on rock/gospel choirs and …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

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

Sebastian & Gloria Forjan
Sebastian, raised Catholic, attended church as almost every Slovene but didn’t believe in God. In 1995, he put his faith in Christ. While he served in the army for nine months, God put a burden on his heart for the youth …Read more

Weronika Butowicz
Weronika was brought up in a Christian family but didn’t believe in God herself. She was broken, without hope and purpose in life, and struggled with depression. When she gave her life to Jesus at the age of 17, she knew …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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Matt & Amy Hartman

Hannah, Caden, Asher, and Hayes

Matt and Amy have served with Josiah Venture since 2010 through English camps. They joined JV in the Czech Republic in December 2011 and transitioned out of full-time ministry in Colorado. After Matt completed his M. Div and ordination into the EPC, they moved to Czech to serve in Ostrava with their four children, Hannah, Caden, Asher, and Hayes. They relocated again, 18 months later, to the western side of Czech (known as Bohemia) to a smaller city, Pisek. Matt and Amy have developed a deeper passion for equipping young leaders and the JV movement and are excited to be building a team to serve on the western side of Czech.

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Other Czech Republic team members ↓

Sullivan

Sullivan

Mike

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

Michalko

Michalko

Milan & Zdenka

Chestnut

Chestnut

Robert & Audrey

Kloosterhuis

Kloosterhuis

John & Erin

Szturc

Szturc

Milan & Jarka

Yorman

Yorman

Casey & Kristin

Dickson

Dickson

Kevin & Daniela

Nelson

Nelson

Josh & Zuzi

Gardner

Gardner

Gwynne

Rosen

Rosen

Jonathan & Veronika

Pospíšil

Pospíšil

Jan & Renee

Bednarz

Bednarz

Rycho & Noemi

Davison

Davison

Rachael

Schwarz

Schwarz

Pavel & Jana

Simon

Simon

Cory & Anissa

Evans

Evans

Kyle & Amy

Bothwell

Bothwell

Brian & Natalia

Divine Attraction

Divine Attraction

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Llamas

Llamas

Landen & Jenny

Paszová

Paszová

Miriam

Geldner

Geldner

Dušan & Lucie

Flowers

Flowers

Shelby

Good

Good

Tyrel & Natalie

Pixová

Pixová

Martina

Jedlička

Jedlička

Jiří & Jana

Dietz

Dietz

Josh

Szturc

Szturc

Filip & Anet

Szturc

Szturc

Ondřej & Anna

Folta

Folta

Jirka & Zuzana

Hennhofer

Hennhofer

Karel & Petra

Zářický

Zářický

Tomáš

Kabut

Kabut

Honza & Kateřina

Patty

Patty

Tyler & Lara

Tichá

Tichá

Kateřina

Wurzel

Wurzel

Brendon & Kayla

Wurzel

Wurzel

Jessica

Linkesch

Marek

Hoffmann

Hoffmann

Jiří & Helen

Pípal

Pípal

Daniel & Kristýna

Patty

Patty

Claire

Dinh Minh

Dinh Minh

Lan Phuong

Barbořáková

Barbořáková

Petra

Robertson

Robertson

Ben & Sarah

Bujoková

Bujoková

Pavlína

Blunk

Blunk

Alison

Hammond

Hammond

Geoff

Soukup

Soukup

Michal

Adent

Adent

Jacob & Denny

Janoušková

Janoušková

Anna

Kocyan

Kocyan

Kateřina & Daniel

Vejmělka

Vejmělka

Jakub & Monika

Dušek

Dušek

Mára & Kseniya

Smith

Smith

Sean & Sarah

Burdová

Burdová

Petra

Martináková

Martináková

Hana

Toušek

Toušek

Michaela & Roman

Short

Short

Tiffany

Toušek

Toušek

Tomáš & Hanka

Břešťák

Břešťák

Klára & David

Williams

Williams

Paul & Molli

Budd

Budd

Julia

Rokosz

Rokosz

Jan & Tereza

Welcome our new staff

Ema Kreko Ema has been serving in the local church in Zagreb, Croatia as a youth leader for over a decade now. Ema joined the JV team in the summer of 2018 and is currently developing a small team of leaders to be the next generation serving the church in Croatia.

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Tomáš & Hanka Toušek Tomáš started and is now growing the JV Edge Ultimate Frisbee league in Czech as well as leading and empowering leaders to use sports well to reach non-believing students.