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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

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

Milan & Zdenka Michalko
In 1970, Milan Michalko was born into a Christian family in Ostrava, Czech Republic – the city where he still lives today. His parents were very active believers, which made for quite an interesting childhood, considering …Read more

Michal Soukup
During his 18 year long journey as the youth leader in his home church (CB or Church of the Brethren), Michal realized that the most necessary group of people in the Czech Republic to reach is the youth. Those within the …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

Sasha & Nataliya Dubovyk
Sasha grew up in Eastern Ukraine, spending the first twenty years of his life in Kharkiv. In 1999, he heard God's call on his life to become a missionary in Rivne, 800 kilometers away from his home. There, he joined a team …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

David & Ieva Kingdon
David first came to Latvia in 2003 to work with international students and was shocked by their history and how many of his Latvian friends came from broken families. He became burdened for Latvian teenagers to encounter …Read more

Andrii & Yulia Polonnikov
Andriy was born in Lviv, Ukraine, where he has spent his whole life. He began attending church through a friend. Through a summer camp ministry, Andriy started to understand what it meant to live with the Lord when he was …Read more

Noemi & Rycho Bednarz
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 …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

Sekulová

Sekulová

Nikola

Szabados

Bálint

Tatarski

Tatarski

Petar

Tichá

Tichá

Kateřina

Learn more about our ForMission College campus in the Czech Republic

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Welcome our new staff

Barbora Benešová Barbora has a big heart for preparing Christian youth leaders for their work. Consequently, she runs and organizes pointonline.sk for TCK in Slovakia—a portal where youth leaders can find resources, ideas, and materials for their ministry. Besides her work on this website, Barbora also serves as an assistant in TCK’s School of Youth Leaders project.