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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

Zuza Szymik
Zuza grew up in Poland. She believed in God from a very young age, but most of her life she was surrounded by people who thought God is only for Sunday mornings. She wanted to live differently. Her dream was to meet other …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

Kateřina Tichá
Káťa comes from a non-Christian Czech family and her first experience with Josiah Venture (JV) was at an English camp in 2009. She heard the gospel for the first time and was captured by it. She kept coming back to camp …Read more

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

Emīls Rolavs
Emīls grew up in a Catholic church in a small town of 3500 people in Latvia. His life changed when he started attending a local Josiah Venture Fusion group and eventually ended up joining the team to help out with teaching …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

Lyubov Zheleva
Lyubov was born and raised in a Christian home in a small Bulgarian town. God's call to Bulgaria has been evident in her life and has guided her decisions about studies and ministry opportunities through the years. Lyubov …Read more

Petr & Lauren Božoň
Petr and Lauren first met in 2000, when Lauren was teaching English at a language school in Frydlant, Czech Republic. Growing up in a non-Christian home in communist Czechoslovakia, Petr trusted Christ in 2002, while attending …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
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Welcome our new staff

Vitalii & Sofia Andriiets Through a partnership with Epokha (Josiah Venture Ukraine’s partner organization), Vitaliy has a vision of developing a movement through Wise Carpenter to disciple boys and young men throughout Ukraine and Central and Eastern Europe.

Support a national missionary

Petr & Lauren Božoň The Bozon family is actively involved in their local church in Czech and are currently overseeing the building of JV’s Malenovice Event Center.