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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

Peter Linkesch
Peter gave his life to Christ at a youth camp in Slovakia when he was 10 years old. From the time that he was 15 years old, Peter served in various ministries of his church. It started with the middle-school ministry (meetings …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

Sebastian Michalski
Sebastian was born into a Catholic family in Mysłowice, Poland. He fully understood, truly accepted the gospel, and accepted Jesus into his life when he was 17 years old. Five years later, Sebastian heard about Fusion Katowice …Read more

Anna Janoušková
Anna first encountered Josiah Venture in 2007 when she attended her first English camp as a teenager wrestling with her faith. Because of this experience, her view of God was significantly impacted, and her faith deepened. …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

Miriam Paszová
Miriam has been serving with Josiah Venture (JV) since April of 2013. In 2006, she had an opportunity to work as a Youth Worker in Western Europe. Some years before that, she also worked as a volunteer in the Czech Republic. …Read more

Christian & Estera Cazacu
Christian was born in Piatra Neamț, Romania but grew up in Turin, Italy—after moving with his family in the late 1990s. In 2014, he received the call to move to Romania without knowing exactly where God would direct him. In …Read more

Iryna Fedyk
Iryna was raised in a home where no one talked about God. The first time Iryna ever heard about God was in a Christian Ethics class at school. That began to change once Iryna first got connected to Josiah Venture in 2014—when …Read more

Mladen & Judita Kočiš
Originally from Croatia, Judita and Mladen arrived in Slovenia in October 2008 with plans to further their education. Mladen had enrolled in a sports education program, while Judita began her studies at a music academy. …Read more
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These students are pursuing a UK degree at our ForMission College campus.

ForMission Students

Bela

Matej

Bella

Bella

Szabolc

Blažek

Blažek

Daniel

Dinh Minh

Dinh Minh

Lan Phuong

Lach

Lach

Bogdan

Melotík

Melotík

Pavel

Mrázková

Mrázková

Petra

Navrátil

Navrátil

Štěpán

Řiháček

Řiháček

Josef

Sekulová

Sekulová

Nikola

Szabados

Bálint

Tatarski

Tatarski

Petar

Tichá

Tichá

Kateřina

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Welcome our new staff

Juraj & Miriam Šimočko Juraj works for the Conference team of JV Slovakia and Miriam works for JV Slovakia’s School of Leaders. They live in Košice, with their two children, where they lead the high-school ministry in their local Lutheran church.