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Jan & Naďa Kuklinek
After working for Hewlett Packard for many years, God called Honza to full-time ministry, and he began to serve in the Czech internship program, preparing new leaders for Christian ministry. Honza works for KAM (Josiah Venture’s …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

Szabolcs & Maggie Bella
Szabi came to Christ at 16 years of age, through a youth group led by another JV missionary. Since then, he has felt called to lead other young people to Christ, so that they can experience the light God brings into the …Read more

Bartek Wilkosz
Bartek’s first involvement with Josiah Venture (JV) was in 2014 when he took part in a camp called Growth Academy, organized by El Dorado—one of JV Poland’s (Fala) national projects. The goal of all of El Dorado’s activities …Read more

Jana & Eduard Řezníček
Jana has been working with children and young people in the Czech Republic for more than 25 years. She worked after the Velvet Revolution as a Scout leader, a teacher at elementary schools, and a children's pastor. Inspired …Read more

Barbora Benešová
Baška decided to follow and give her life to Jesus at a teenage church camp at the age of 13 in Slovakia. The Lord began to put on her heart the teenagers in her city, so she began ministering to teens and young adults. …Read more

Stojce Nikolov
Shortly after finding faith, Stojce prayed for deeper understanding and connection with his newfound Savior. Within months, he moved from Macedonia to Serbia to study theology. Discovering a passion for youth work, he …Read more

Zala Cempre
Growing up in Slovenia, Zala believed that God existed. However, it wasn’t until her second English Camp with Josiah Venture, in 2009, that she realized that her understanding of God was wrong. After camp, she started going …Read more

Fred & Heglis Lausvee
Fred and Heglis both came from Christian families and accepted God into their lives early on. Consequently, they began their ministry quite early. For many years, they collaborated as volunteers with Josiah Venture (JV) …Read more

Ruxandra Neacsu
Ruxi grew up with her mom and grandma, who took her to church ever since she was a little girl. After graduating from high-school, she moved back and forth a couple of times for school and work, but was always drawn back …Read more
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Welcome our new staff

Andrii & Tanya Ivaniuk Andriii and Tanya Ivaniuk serve on the Josiah Venture team in Ukraine, Andrii on the EDGE sports team and Tanya mentoring girls. They both serve in their local church in Rivne.

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Pavel Pham Pavel Pham serves on Josiah Venture’s team in the Czech Republic and has various roles as an assistant of outreach programs.