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Dušan & Dana Drabina
Dusan and Dana have been married since 2008. Dusan has been serving with Josiah Venture in the Czech Republic since January 2004. Dusan got his Master’s Degree in Economics in Prague and Diploma in Business Administration …Read more

Tomáš Zářický
Tomáš has always had a special affection for Josiah Venture (JV), being introduced to Christ through some of JV's missionary kids as a teenager. In the summer of 2012, Tomáš attended a Christian camp in Maine, which deepened …Read more

Bára Čížková
Bára grew-up in a non-christian family in the Czech Republic. In 2009, she met a Christian teacher who loved to spend free-time with students. This teacher invited her to a Josiah Venture (JV) English camp. Years later, …Read more

Mykola & Anna Semenov
Mykola came to Christ at age 14 in Eastern Ukraine. He started to serve in children's ministry and then developed into doing youth ministry. Later, he became a deacon in his church and also led family ministry with his wife …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

Bartek & Kasia Tesluk
Bartek’s life was transformed at age 14 when he said yes to Jesus. His first ministry opportunity arose from his natural need of being part of community. He began a Bible club in his dorm, while he was away from home in …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

Tomáš & Hanka Toušek
Tomáš Toušek is from a Christian family. He put his faith in Christ at 16 years old on a ski outreach trip in Austria through another organization. After that, he started doing ministry in his local church working with young …Read more

Michal & Sylwia Skiba
In 1997, Michal, a young and inexperienced youth leader, was mentored by a Josiah Venture missionary who modeled Christ’s life and ministry. Soon he and his youth group began leading evangelistic English camps to reach their …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
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Rycho & Noemi 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 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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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

Hartman

Hartman

Matt & Amy

Gardner

Gardner

Gwynne

Rosen

Rosen

Jonathan & Veronika

Pospíšil

Pospíšil

Jan & Renee

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

Tino & Cristiana Peste Tino and Cristiana believe that the best way to serve the church of today is actually to serve the church of tomorrow, by ministering to the young generation. As a couple, they believe that by communicating the great message of the Gospel in a relevant way, the church remains relevant and active in the lives of the youngsters.

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Sebastian Michalski Sebastian serves with Fusion in Katowice, Poland, which is connected to his local church. He also serves in the national Fusion ministry as the coordinator of equipment and financial systems.