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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 Czech local churches. Ondra is lead pastor in his …Read more

Martina Pixová
When Martina became a Christian back in 2000, Josiah Venture English camp was one of her first ministry opportunities. She immediately fell in love with the English camp culture. She loved serving Czech students side by …Read more

Gabriel & Naomi Nicolae
Gabriel grew up in south-east Romania in city called Constanta with a family filled with passion for Christ. They served as missionaries in Turkey amongst muslims for 4 years and later moved back to Constanta. It is a big …Read more

Miloš & Andrea Myjavec
Miloš began to take God seriously when he was 13 years old. He decided to get baptized as a symbol of surrendering the control over his life to Jesus. As a result, he did not hesitate to invest his energy into the ministry …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 & Lucie Nevřela
Lucie joined Josiah Venture in March of 2006 and worked for the Exit316 project. In 2008, she joined a team of Czech women serving young female leaders through discipleship and coaching. She also worked in the KAM office …Read more

Sebastian & Gloria Forjan
Sebastian, raised Catholic, attended church as almost every Slovene but didn’t believe in God. In 1995, he put his faith in Christ. While he served in the army for nine months, God put a burden on his heart for the youth …Read more

Jan & Naďa Kuklinek
After working for Hewlett Packard for many years, God called Honza to full-time ministry, and he began to serve in the Czech internship program, preparing new leaders for Christian ministry. Honza works for KAM (Josiah Venture’s …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

Petra & Adrian Šulka
Adrian and Petra both come from non-believing families and gave their lives to God, independently of each other, in their teenage years (15 and 20 years). Petra started working with Josiah Venture Slovakia in 2017 through …Read more
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Sean & Sarah Smith

Hezekiah, Eliana

Sean and Sarah met while attending college, but their passion for God’s work in the Czech Republic is what brought them together. While serving in Czech as a summer intern for Josiah Venture (JV) English Camps in 2009, Sarah’s eyes were opened to see God’s light shining brightly into the darkness of Central Europe. She knew, then, that she wanted to join God’s movement among Czech youth. After returning, she shared about her experience with Sean. Feeling led to explore this for himself, he became a JV summer intern in 2010. During this summer, he saw a need for leadership training to support the quickly growing church. He began to dream about being able to equip the church through biblical and theological training that would fuel God’s mission. After marrying, Sean obtained an M.Div. from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, in order to equip him to better serve Czech churches. Sean and Sarah, with their son, Hezekiah (2017), and their daughter Eliana (2020), live in Ostrava. They are supporting young leaders with discipleship and biblical education as a part of the Education and Training Team. They serve with ForMission College on the Central European campus to provide an accredited bachelor degree in theology and mission for young leaders all over Central and Eastern Europe. They are passionate to see the Church equipped with strong foundations to continue to healthily grow!

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Other International Office Staff team members ↓

Sullivan

Sullivan

Michael

Ellenwood

Ellenwood

Mel & Amy

Patty

Patty

Dave & Connie

Hash

Hash

Dan & Laura

Božoň

Božoň

Petr & Lauren

Nevřela

Nevřela

Tomáš & Lucie

English

English

Terry & Hana

Rogers

Rogers

Stephanie

Chestnut

Chestnut

Robert & Audrey

Kloosterhuis

Kloosterhuis

John & Erin

Yorman

Yorman

Casey & Kristin

Gardner

Gardner

Gwynne

Davison

Davison

Rachael

Schwarz

Schwarz

Pavel & Jana

Llamas

Llamas

Landen & Jenny

Geldner

Geldner

Dušan & Lucie

Flowers

Flowers

Shelby

Pixová

Pixová

Martina

Zářický

Zářický

Tomáš

Kabut

Kabut

Honza & Kateřina

Patty

Tyler & Lara

Tichá

Tichá

Kateřina

Linkesch

Marek

Patty

Patty

Claire

Adent

Adent

Jacob & Denny

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Janoušková

Anna

Dušek

Dušek

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Williams

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Budd

Budd

Julia

Kajfoszova

Kajfoszova

Pavla

Ward

Ward

Sarah

Šnajdrová

Šnajdrová

Lenka

Boszczykova

Boszczykova

Iva

Tuominen

Tuominen

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Lucie & Filip Mészáros Lucie Mészáros is in charge of Josiah Venture Czech Republic’s staff development. She is passionate about education and the development of people. She believes that the right training and equipping of missionaries can help to fulfill Christ’s Commission.

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Sebastian & Gloria Forjan Sebastian and Gloria have a vision to see the northwest part of Slovenia reached with the gospel of Jesus Christ. For them, it is a joy and privilege to be a part of God’s work as they witness people coming to know the Lord and are growing in their daily walk with him.