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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

Fred & Heglis Lausvee
Fred and Heglis both came from Christian families and accepted God into their lives early on. Consequently, they began their ministry quite early. For many years, they collaborated as volunteers with Josiah Venture (JV) …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

Dawid & Aleksandra Werner
In 2002, Dawid started serving with English camps through his local church. Eventually, Dawid was asked to join Fala, Josiah Venture’s partner organization in Poland, where he helped coordinate the Ministry Team Training …Read more

Nadiya & Artem Vorobyovy
Nadya first came in contact with Josiah Venture in 2008 through an English camp at Christ Fellowship Church in Lviv, Ukraine. Doing these camps several years in a row opened her heart to the youth in her city. While looking …Read more

Lan Phuong Dinh Minh
Dinh Minh Lan Phuong, or Fanny for short, comes from a non-Christian Vietnamese family. She grew up in the Czech Republic and came to Christ at a JV English camp in 2010. Little did she know that God would use this tool …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

Yoan & Nadia Tsonchev
Yoan and Nadia met for the first time at Sunday School. Yoan is a Pastor's child and is a 3rd generation Christian. At 18, he received his calling from God to minister to young people and dedicate himself to youth ministry. …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

Ondřej & Anna Szturc
In 2013, Ondra participated in a year-long internship program with KAM (Josiah Venture’s partner organization in the Czech Republic) called Journey. He has a passion for the local Czech church and, consequently, Ondra and …Read more
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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.

You can write to Rycho Bednarz directly from this page.

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

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Zegan

Zegan

Zach & Kara

Lach

Lach

Bogdan & Martina

Michalko

Michalko

Milan & Zdenka

Chestnut

Chestnut

Robert & Audrey

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Kloosterhuis

John & Erin

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Szturc

Milan & Jarka

Yorman

Yorman

Casey & Kristin

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Dickson

Kevin & Daniela

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Nelson

Josh & Zuzi

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Hartman

Matt & Amy

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Gardner

Gwynne

Rosen

Rosen

Jonathan & Veronika

Pospíšil

Pospíšil

Jan & Renee

Davison

Davison

Rachael

Schwarz

Schwarz

Pavel & Jana

Bothwell

Bothwell

Brian & Natalia

Llamas

Llamas

Landen & Jenny

Paszová

Paszová

Miriam

Geldner

Geldner

Dušan & Lucie

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Flowers

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Good

Good

Tyrel & Natalie

Pixová

Pixová

Martina

Jedlička

Jedlička

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Dietz

Dietz

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Szturc

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Hennhofer

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Zářický

Tomáš

Kabut

Kabut

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Patty

Patty

Tyler & Lara

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Tichá

Kateřina

Wurzel

Wurzel

Jessica

Bednarz

Bednarz

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Marek

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Hoffmann

Jiří & Helen

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Pípal

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Patty

Patty

Claire

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Dinh Minh

Lan Phuong

Robertson

Robertson

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Bujoková

Pavlína

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Hammond

Geoff

Soukup

Soukup

Michal

Adent

Adent

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Janoušková

Janoušková

Anna

Kocyan

Kocyan

Kateřina & Daniel

Vejmělka

Vejmělka

Jakub & Monika

Dušek

Dušek

Mára & Kseniya

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Smith

Sean & Sarah

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Martináková

Hana

Toušek

Toušek

Michaela & Roman

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Short

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Toušek

Toušek

Tomáš & Hanka

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Břešťák

Klára & David

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Williams

Paul & Molli

Budd

Budd

Julia

Rokosz

Rokosz

Jan & Tereza

Holden

Holden

Justin & Lucie

Řezníček

Řezníček

Jana & Eduard

Molin

Molin

Henryk

Ward

Ward

Sarah

Welcome our new staff

Salomon & Iza Krok Salomon wants to equip young people all over Central and Eastern Europe to serve their local churches through photography, film, and graphic design. He has a passion to see them used creativity to bring glory to God and make disciples.