Nearly 60% of U.S. youth leaders have considered leaving ministry under the weight of it, and nearly 40% are in their first three years — learning on the fly in a culture that keeps shifting. No one called to make disciples should have to carry it all without strong support.
The JV Leadership Lab
The Leadership Lab coaches youth workers across the US, Canada, and the UK to build healthy, disciple-making ministries — drawing on 30+ years of fruit among the youth of Central and Eastern Europe.
We've walked this road — and we'll walk it with you.
We've walked this road — and we'll walk it with you.
Josiah Venture is a movement of God among the youth of Central and Eastern Europe since 1993, with a proven disciple-making framework used by hundreds of churches across 16 countries. We know the isolation and the pressure — and we know how sustainable, multiplying ministry is actually built. That experience now walks with you.
Imitate Jesus
Multiply the Mission
Traverse the Gap
Imitate Jesus
Multiply the Mission
Traverse the Gap
Picture leading from strength instead of survival.
Picture leading from strength instead of survival.
A shared language with your team. Tools you can use this week. A framework you trust. And a global community of leaders who remind you that you were never meant to do this alone.
JV Leadership Lab
What's Included
- A common language and framework for disciple-making that you and your team actually share.
- Training and equipping drawn from Josiah Venture’s core framework and resources, shaped by 30+ years of youth ministry
- Ongoing encouragement, mentoring, and tools you can apply immediately in your ministry.
- Regional connections (CoLabs) for learning communities and equipping, as available in your area.
- International formation experiences each fall, to deepen your walk and your leadership.
- Connection to a global movement of leaders pursuing healthy, multiplying student ministries.
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