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Stojce & Sara Nikolov
Shortly after coming to faith, Stojce began asking God to provide a way for him to deepen his understanding and relationship with his newfound Savior. Within months Stojce, who was living in Macedonia, received the opportunity …Read more

Henryk Molin
Henryk was born into a Christian family in the Czech Republic. He always had a great passion for sports and music, but since his childhood, he also had a desire to serve God and follow Him. He was baptized in 2011, and after …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

Jan & Renee Pospíšil
Jéňa has been serving full-time with Josiah Venture in the Czech Republic since September 2011. After finishing his degree in Education, Jéňa continued studying Music. During the second year of his studies, he was offered …Read more

Zuzana & Feri Džubakovskí
Zuzka decided to follow Jesus when she was 10 at a camp organized by Child Evangelism Fellowship. Since then, her life started to change, and she knew that it would be one big adventure. During her management studies, she …Read more

Eva Sucháčová
Eva joined Josiah Venture (JV) in 2011 after participating as a student at the School of Youth Leaders in Slovakia. This school changed her view of ministry. It was there that Eva learned about discipleship for the first …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

Adam & Ola Löffler
Growing up, Adam was the only evangelical believer in his school. He accepted Jesus as a teenager and God began to grow a huge desire in him to tell others about himself. After co-organizing some youth events, he realized …Read more

Pavla Kajfoszova
Pavla (Paja) was born in the Czech Republic and comes from a non-Christian family. Before joining Josiah venture (JV), Paja earned her bachelor’s degree in Economy and worked as a Sales officer and Coordinator for Silesian …Read more

Ermal & Nertila Gjermeni
Ermal has served as a pastor in the church of the Nazarene in Gorre, Lushnje, Albania since 2011. His core ministries are youth and sports. From an early age, God used football to bring Ermal into his plan. Now, he uses …Read more
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Pavel & Jana Schwarz

Teo, Nathanael and Olivia

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 and design. In this role, Pavel will help Josiah Venture develop the organization so that it can be more effective and accommodate future growth. He will be working closely with the JV president and the executive team. Pavel and Jana became Christians through Josiah Venture and would like for others to also meet Christ in a personal way. They currently live with their children, Teo, Nathanael and Olivia, close to the JV headquarters in Frydlant nad Ostravici, Czech Republic.

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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

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

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Janoušková

Anna

Dušek

Dušek

Kseniya & Mára

Smith

Smith

Sean & Sarah

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Williams

Paul & Molli

Budd

Budd

Julia

Kajfoszova

Kajfoszova

Pavla

Ward

Ward

Sarah

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Šnajdrová

Lenka

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Tuominen

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Alex & Alexandra Capverde Alex and Alexandra do local ministry in and near Cobadin, Romania, and Alex also serves on the Josiah Venture EDGE sports team as a coach and is a network assistant.

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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.