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Bogdan & Diana Anton
Bogdan and Diana are living and serving in Bucharest, the capital city of Romania, a place of beauty and great need for the Gospel. After years of discipling young women in Arad, western Romania, Diana moved across the country …Read more

Bogdan & Martina Lach
The first time Bogdan and Martina heard about Josiah Venture, they were praying and looking for a place where they could work and serve God with their gifts. About that time, KAM (JV’s partner organization in the Czech Republic) …Read more

Lukasz & Jola Kropisz
In 2004 while in a JV nine-month internship program, Lukasz discovered his passion for middle school students and his calling to ministry. That same year he developed El Dorado, a camp and conference ministry in southern …Read more

Edgars & Anete Deksnis
Edgars and Anete are serving in Latvia as JV country leaders. They both became followers of Jesus Christ through North American churches more than 10 years ago and that's why they have a deep appreciation of short-term teams …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

Elisaveta Stoitseva
Lizzy first heard of Josiah Venture (JV) and its ministry in Central and Eastern Europe at a training conference in 2016, and she was captured by their vision for reaching young people. That’s where she first felt called …Read more

Peter & Katka Michalčik
Peter started full-time ministry with Training Center Kompas (Josiah Venture’s partner organization in Slovakia) in 2004. Prior to this, Peter was a physics teacher and spent his free time with his youth group. Passionate …Read more

Petra Burdová
Petra is a teacher and she thinks of her job in the Czech Republic as a mission. For 16 years she has taught at primary and secondary schools. She likes young people and is excited about their potential for openness and …Read more

Jakub & Monika Vejmělka
In 2013, Jakub and Monika felt the need to build a youth group to go alongside the Fusion ministry within their local Czech church—Evangelical Fellowship in the city of Brno. God gave them the vision to build a community …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
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See our new staff with a heart for the youth of this region.

New Staff Raising Support

Benešová

Benešová

Barbora

Bimaj

Bimaj

Ermal & Denisa

Břešťák

Břešťák

Klára & David

Budd

Budd

Julia

Burdová

Burdová

Petra

Butowicz

Butowicz

Weronika

Čížková

Čížková

Bára

Dušek

Dušek

Mára & Kseniya

Fedyk

Fedyk

Irena

Jankowska

Jankowska

Agata & Jan

Keice

Keice

Lelde

King

King

Alex

Kocyan

Kocyan

Kateřina & Daniel

Kreko

Kreko

Ema

Linkesch

Linkesch

Peter

Linkesch

Marek

Mahrik

Mahrik

Timotej & Lucia

Matei

Matei

Ion

Michalski

Michalski

Sebastian

Mitchell

Mitchell

Marcus & Gwen

Mouchet

Mouchet

Ellie

Myjavec

Myjavec

Miloš

Neacsu

Neacsu

Ruxandra

Newhouse

Newhouse

Moriah

Ohnesorg

Ohnesorg

Ross & Julie

Peste

Peste

Tino & Cristiana

Petkov

Petkov

Solomon

Polláková

Polláková

Ivana

Rokosz

Rokosz

Jan & Tereza

Ryńska

Ryńska

Alicja

Sabová

Sabová

Simona

Short

Short

Tiffany

Šimočko

Šimočko

Juraj & Miriam

Smith

Smith

Sean & Sarah

Soukup

Soukup

Michal

Stoitseva

Stoitseva

Elisaveta

Szymik

Szymik

Zuza

Toušek

Toušek

Tomáš & Hanka

Trninić

Trninić

Anđelko & Kristina

Tsonchev

Tsonchev

Yoan & Nadia

Udrea

Udrea

Alin

Williams

Williams

Paul & Molli

Zheleva

Zheleva

Lyubov

Zveja

Zveja

Paula

God continues to bless JV with exceptional new staff that have a heart for the youth of Central and Eastern Europe. All of our new staff are raising support to serve on the field full-time.

Welcome our new staff

Timotej & Lucia Mahrik Timo and Lucia have a strong passion for the local church, youth, and outreach ministry as they serve in Slovakia.

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Peter & Eva Hrubo Since January 2006, Peter has been the director of the TCKompas (Josiah Venture’s partner organization in Slovakia) team. Eva works as the TCK Bookkeeper and accommodation manager.