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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

Daniel & Kristýna Pípal
Daniel and Kristýna met for the first time at Hotel Malenovice in the Czech Republic during a youth conference. A few years later, they got married in 2010. They joined cell churches (communities) and started doing Christian …Read more

Ieva Ābola
Ieva was introduced to Josiah Venture while leading an English camp in her country of Latvia in 2010. She served for three summers as a national intern and saw firsthand the need for purpose and meaning in the faces of the …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

David & Daniela Kostlán
David grew up in a Christian family in the Czech Republic. After graduating high school, he went to study sociology, beginning in Prague and finishing in Bratislava, where he met his future wife. For several years he worked …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

Pavel & Jana Schwarz
Pavel and Jana were married in 2009 and spent their first years of marriage together in Prague. In 2012, after 7 years with General Electric, Pavel accepted the offer to serve with Josiah Venture in organizational development …Read more

Karel & Petra Hennhofer
Karel has been serving with Josiah Venture in the Czech Republic since 2008. He grew up attending traditional church, but never knew the Bible or God personally. He became a Christian while studying at the Technical University …Read more

Lyubov Zheleva
Lyubov was born and raised in a Christian home in a small Bulgarian town. God's call to Bulgaria has been evident in her life and has guided her decisions about studies and ministry opportunities through the years. Lyubov …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
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These students are pursuing a UK degree at our ForMission College campus.

ForMission Students

Bela

Matej

Bella

Szabolcs

Blažek

Blažek

Daniel

Dinh Minh

Dinh Minh

Lan Phuong

Klauz

Dóra

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

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.