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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

Ema Lee
Ema has been serving in the local church in Zagreb, Croatia as a youth leader for over a decade now. She first heard of Josiah Venture (JV) and their ministry in Central and Eastern Europe at an English camp in 2006. She …Read more

Oleksandr & Svitlana Kovalov
Even before they met in 2002, Alexander and Svitlana were both actively involved in youth ministry. In their local church in Mariupol, Ukraine, through mentoring, preaching, and various projects, they inspired young people …Read more

Karel & Petra Hennhofer
Karel has been serving with Josiah Venture (JV) Czech (KAM) since 2008. He grew up attending a traditional church but never knew the Bible or God personally. He became a Christian while studying at the Technical University …Read more

Ranno & Kristiina Seppel
Ranno joined Josiah Venture (JV) in the autumn of 2017. He is working with Josiah Venture’s (JV) partner organization in Estonia (Koma) and is the International leader for Edge Sports. Ranno has been leading soccer camps …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 Economics and worked as a Sales officer and Coordinator for Silesian …Read more

Martina Pixová
When Martina became a Christian back in 2000, Josiah Venture English camp was one of her first ministry opportunities. She immediately fell in love with the English camp culture. She loved serving Czech students side by …Read more

Lenka Šnajdrová
Lenka grew up in Třinec, Czech Republic. After being involved in church life since early childhood, she made her personal decision to follow Christ at the age of 12. A few years later, she began serving in her church as …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

Michal & Edita Soukup
In the Czech Republic, born-again Christians make up less than 1% of the population. The church is growing, but it will take 179 years before the number of Christians in the population reaches 1% unless someone starts doing …Read more
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2012 Advance Conference - Everyday Church

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2012 Advance - Main Session - Everyday Discipleship

20 February 2012 | Tim Chester

2012 Advance - Main Session - Everyday Discipleship

20 February 2012 | Tim Chester Download: Download Audio

2012 Advance - Main Session - Everyday Father

21 February 2012 | Tim Chester

2012 Advance - Main Session - Everyday Father

21 February 2012 | Tim Chester Download: Download Audio

2012 Advance - Main Session - A Church Planting Movement That Changes a Country

22 February 2012 | Peteris Sprogis

2012 Advance - Main Session - A Church Planting Movement That Changes a Country

22 February 2012 | Peteris Sprogis Download: Download Audio

2012 Advance - Main Session - Everyday Son

23 February 2012 | Tim Chester

2012 Advance - Main Session - Everyday Son

23 February 2012 | Tim Chester Download: Download Audio

2012 Advance - Main Session - Growing an Everyday Church, The Tacoma Story

23 February 2016 | Caesar Kalinowski

2012 Advance - Main Session - Growing an Everyday Church, The Tacoma Story

23 February 2016 | Caesar Kalinowski Download: Download Audio

2012 Advance - Main Session - Everyday Spirit

24 February 2012 | Tim Chester

2012 Advance - Main Session - Everyday Spirit

24 February 2012 | Tim Chester Download: Download Audio

2012 Advance - Establish - Creating a Unified Direction

21 February 2012

2012 Advance - Establish - Creating a Unified Direction

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2012 Advance - Establish - Four Liberating Truths

21 February 2012 | Tim Chester

2012 Advance - Establish - Four Liberating Truths

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2012 Advance - Establish - Called to Reproduce

22 February 2012 | Peteris Sprogis

2012 Advance - Establish - Called to Reproduce

22 February 2012 | Peteris Sprogis Download: Download Audio

2012 Advance - Establish - Building Missional Communities

23 February 2012 | Theo Bunescu, Caesar Kalinowski

2012 Advance - Establish - Building Missional Communities

23 February 2012 | Theo Bunescu, Caesar Kalinowski Download: Download Audio

2012 Advance - Establish - Starting Multiple Churches

23 February 2012 | Miro Toth

2012 Advance - Establish - Starting Multiple Churches

23 February 2012 | Miro Toth Download: Download Audio

2012 Advance - Establish - How to Start and How Not to Start

24 February 2012 | Daniel Hurta

2012 Advance - Establish - How to Start and How Not to Start

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2012 Advance - Transition - Transioning to a Missional Focus

21 February 2012 | Caesar Kalinowski

2012 Advance - Transition - Transioning to a Missional Focus

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2012 Advance - Transition - Reforming Without Revolution

21 February 2012 | Peteris Sprogis

2012 Advance - Transition - Reforming Without Revolution

21 February 2012 | Peteris Sprogis Download: Download Audio

2012 Advance - Transition - Lessons from the Early Years

22 February 2012 | Dan Hash

2012 Advance - Transition - Lessons from the Early Years

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2012 Advance - Transition - Four Liberating Truths

23 February 2012 | Tim Chester

2012 Advance - Transition - Four Liberating Truths

23 February 2012 | Tim Chester Download: Download Audio

2012 Advance - Transition - Equipping Your Team

23 February 2012 | Dave Patty

2012 Advance - Transition - Equipping Your Team

23 February 2012 | Dave Patty Download: Download Audio

2012 Advance - Transition - Group Development and Multiplication

24 February 2012

2012 Advance - Transition - Group Development and Multiplication

24 February 2012 Download: Download Audio

2012 Advance - Expand - Called to Reproduce

20 February 2012 | Peteris Sprogis

2012 Advance - Expand - Called to Reproduce

20 February 2012 | Peteris Sprogis Download: Download Audio

2012 Advance - Expand - How to Plant While You are Still Young

21 February 2012 | Daniel Hurta

2012 Advance - Expand - How to Plant While You are Still Young

21 February 2012 | Daniel Hurta Download: Download Audio

2012 Advance - Expand - Mission Drifts and Reproducibility

22 February 2012 | Caesar Kalinowski, Todd Morr

2012 Advance - Expand - Mission Drifts and Reproducibility

22 February 2012 | Caesar Kalinowski, Todd Morr Download: Download Audio

2012 Advance - Expand - The Essential Engine

23 February 2012 | Dave Patty

2012 Advance - Expand - The Essential Engine

23 February 2012 | Dave Patty Download: Download Audio

2012 Advance - Expand - Group Development and Multiplication

23 February 2012

2012 Advance - Expand - Group Development and Multiplication

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2012 Advance - Expand - Questions and Answers

24 February 2012

2012 Advance - Expand - Questions and Answers

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Welcome our new staff

Hayley Arnold Hayley Arnold is joining the Josiah Venture team in Ukraine in Spring 2025 as a school coordinator in the city of Ternopil.

Support a national missionary

Bálint Szabados Bálint lives in Veszprém, a small town in Western Hungary where young people need the gospel desperately. He is responsible for helping lead Josiah Venture EDGE Sports—a growing soccer ministry in Hungary—and coming alongside young leaders to establish teams with a Biblical, discipleship-focused foundation. He will also have a hand in training leaders in local churches how to do discipleship modeled after Christ.