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Jakub & Monika Vejmělka
Kuba Vejmelka comes from the city of Brno, where he was raised by Christian parents. In 2016, he and his wife Monika got married. After a few years of working for a giant international software company, they accepted God's …Read more

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

Juraj & Miriam Šimočko
As a pastor’s kid, Miriam was 14 years old when she accepted Christ. Since then, she has been helping with ministry in her local church. She attended the School of Leaders organized by TCKompas—Josiah Venture’s (JV) national …Read more

Jan & Tereza Rokosz
Jan was born into a Czech Christian family. When he was eighteen years old, he started to help lead the local youth ministry in Karviná, Czech Republic. Later, he became the main leader. Since then, he felt that his ministry …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

Pavlo & Maria Protopopov
Pavlo started following Christ in 2010 in Ukraine and felt immediately called into ministry. Since that time, Pavlo has been a key part of organizing three new churches. In 2018, he started Reconciliation Bible Church, where …Read more

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

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

Ruben Moldovan
Ruben was born to a Christian family in the northern region of Romania called Moldova and was raised with biblical values. He loved sports, having played soccer since he was young. He continued to develop his skills even …Read more

Vitaliy & Sofia Andriiets
Vitalіy was born and raised in Luhansk, eastern Ukraine. He accepted Christ and was born again in 2010 in a small, family-style church. Vitaliy attended seminary in the Department of Teenage and Youth Ministry at the Kyiv …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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Sullivan

Sullivan

Michael

Ellenwood

Ellenwood

Mel & Amy

Patty

Patty

Dave & Connie

Hash

Hash

Dan & Laura

Božoň

Božoň

Petr & Lauren

Nevřela

Nevřela

Tomáš & Lucie

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English

Terry & Hana

Rogers

Rogers

Stephanie

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Chestnut

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Kloosterhuis

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Yorman

Casey & Kristin

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Gardner

Gwynne

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Davison

Rachael

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Llamas

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Geldner

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Pixová

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Zářický

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Kabut

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Tichá

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Adent

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Janoušková

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Dušek

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Smith

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Williams

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Budd

Julia

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Kajfoszova

Pavla

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Ward

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Šnajdrová

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Welcome our new staff

Catherine Leech Catherine is joining the Josiah venture International team in the Czech Republic as a project manager for the ministry specialties team.

Support a national missionary

Petra & Adrian Šulka Adrian and Petra Šulka both serve on Josiah Venture’s team in Slovakia, where they both serve on the EXIT TOUR team and lead their local church’s youth group.