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Poland is unique as a former Eastern Bloc country. It has known wars, holocausts, and even 120 years where the people had no land to call their own.

Poland

Our hope and prayer is that a new generation of leaders would rise up.

Brief History

Poland, a former Eastern Bloc country, has had a tragic history. It has known wars, holocausts, and even 120 years where the people had no land to call their own. During this time, the Catholic Church provided unity and identity for the people. At one time, 97% of Poles claimed membership in the Catholic Church and a powerful allegiance to their own Polish pope, Pope John Paul II. Since the fall of Communism in 1989, Poland’s economy has advanced rapidly, welcoming in Western business cooperatives. This has led to a new level of commercialization, as well as a new set of values.

Spiritual Demographics

The population of Poland is approximately 38 million. This number, however, is constantly fluctuating. Poland joined the European Union in 2004, and since then, 2-3 million Poles frequently travel abroad to work. Attendance in the Catholic Church since 1989 has been decreasing, by as much as 25%. Poland’s evangelical population has grown slightly, but is still very small; all of Poland‘s 40,000 professing evangelical believers (approximately 1 out of 1,000) would fit into a large sports stadium. Denominations like the Brethren Assemblies, the Baptist Union, the Pentecostal Church, and the Evangelical Free Church are viewed by most Poles as cults.

Ministry Outlook

Today‘s young Poles live in a world their parents never imagined. At any high school or university, it is clear that the God and traditions of their parents have little relevance to the daily realities faced by Polish youth. In order to reach these unsaved young people with a relevant gospel and grow them in their faith, we run evangelistic English, music and sports camps, sports leagues, weekend retreats, and EXIT Tour prevention programs in schools. We also train and mentor the main leaders of youth groups and their staff at events such as youth leader conferences and ministry team trainings. To better facilitate these activities, we purchased and run a 17.5-acre facility in southern Poland called h2o, which serves as a training, camp, and conference center.

Poland

Ministry Projects

Camp & Conference Center h2o

This facility is our base for evangelism and leadership training in a country of 38 million people that has less than 1% evangelical believers. Camps are the most fruitful form of outreach in Poland, and focused training can equip a new generation of leaders for the church.

Camps – Poland

Nothing is better than to see how students hear and accept the gospel and then observe how the local youth group leads them to grow in a relationship with Jesus which then do the same with their friends and close people. Using conversational English as the connection point, English Camps help unbelievers connect to the local church. Along with facilitating these camps, the Camps team also trains and develops young Polish leaders to serve as interns in these camps and in their local churches back home. Your donation will help...

El Dorado: Empowering Polish Emerging Leaders

One of Josiah Venture’s programs in Poland, called El Dorado, creates space for teenagers to discover their calling as they serve among their peers. The program brings together young people from many different cities and various denominations. Its mission is to reach the young generation with the Gospel, equip growing leaders to take first steps in ministry, and to support them as they serve their local churches. Poland’s evangelical population is very small; all of Poland‘s 40,000 professing evangelical believers (approximately 1 out of 1,000) would fit into a large sports...

Fala General Fund

In Poland, Josiah Venture’s national organization is called “Fala”, which means “wave” in Polish. With over 30 staff members and a camp facility called H2O, Fala inspires and equips hundreds of young Polish leaders each year to make disciples who make disciples. Giving to the Fala General Fund allows us to quickly direct funds to those programs within Fala that are most needed.

Fusion Music Outreach – Poland

We want to reach youth through rock/gospel choirs based in local churches. This ministry was pioneered in the Czech Republic and will be launched in Poland at the beginning of 2015.

Plan A: Discipleship Deepened

In the 2021/22 school year, Fala decided to focus on a new ministry. We called it Plan A: Deepened Discipleship. Each of our missionaries invited 1-2 leaders of the young generation to take part in a year long discipleship program. After observing an amazing growth and seeing a lot of fruit in the participants and the missionaries as well we had no hesitation to continue Plan A. In this program every leader will be led in a deep and intentional way by a missionary (meetings every other week) and will...

Projekt 29:11 – Healing the brokenness of the young generation

Many young people in Poland have experienced difficulties that have broken them beyond repair unless God rescues them. Projekt 29:11 is dedicated to “healing the brokenness of this generation”. The primary tool we use for this are “Exit” weekends, which are designed to take each participant through a process of identifying, acknowledging, and forgiving the hurts they have experienced. We have seen this be an incredible fruitful tool as young people process their trauma with our trained and dedicated team of volunteers and staff. We are raising funds for participation...

Camp & Conference Center h2o

This facility is our base for evangelism and leadership training in a country of 38 million people that has less than 1% evangelical believers. Camps are the most fruitful form of outreach in Poland, and focused training can equip a new generation of leaders for the church.

Camps – Poland

Nothing is better than to see how students hear and accept the gospel and then observe how the local youth group leads them to grow in a relationship with Jesus which then do the same with their friends and close people. Using conversational English as the connection point, English Camps help unbelievers connect to the local church. Along with facilitating these camps, the Camps team also trains and develops young Polish leaders to serve as interns in these camps and in their local churches back home. Your donation will help...

El Dorado: Empowering Polish Emerging Leaders

One of Josiah Venture’s programs in Poland, called El Dorado, creates space for teenagers to discover their calling as they serve among their peers. The program brings together young people from many different cities and various denominations. Its mission is to reach the young generation with the Gospel, equip growing leaders to take first steps in ministry, and to support them as they serve their local churches. Poland’s evangelical population is very small; all of Poland‘s 40,000 professing evangelical believers (approximately 1 out of 1,000) would fit into a large sports...

Fala General Fund

In Poland, Josiah Venture’s national organization is called “Fala”, which means “wave” in Polish. With over 30 staff members and a camp facility called H2O, Fala inspires and equips hundreds of young Polish leaders each year to make disciples who make disciples. Giving to the Fala General Fund allows us to quickly direct funds to those programs within Fala that are most needed.

Fusion Music Outreach – Poland

We want to reach youth through rock/gospel choirs based in local churches. This ministry was pioneered in the Czech Republic and will be launched in Poland at the beginning of 2015.

Plan A: Discipleship Deepened

In the 2021/22 school year, Fala decided to focus on a new ministry. We called it Plan A: Deepened Discipleship. Each of our missionaries invited 1-2 leaders of the young generation to take part in a year long discipleship program. After observing an amazing growth and seeing a lot of fruit in the participants and the missionaries as well we had no hesitation to continue Plan A. In this program every leader will be led in a deep and intentional way by a missionary (meetings every other week) and will...

Projekt 29:11 – Healing the brokenness of the young generation

Many young people in Poland have experienced difficulties that have broken them beyond repair unless God rescues them. Projekt 29:11 is dedicated to “healing the brokenness of this generation”. The primary tool we use for this are “Exit” weekends, which are designed to take each participant through a process of identifying, acknowledging, and forgiving the hurts they have experienced. We have seen this be an incredible fruitful tool as young people process their trauma with our trained and dedicated team of volunteers and staff. We are raising funds for participation...

Camp & Conference Center h2o

This facility is our base for evangelism and leadership training in a country of 38 million people that has less than 1% evangelical believers. Camps are the most fruitful form of outreach in Poland, and focused training can equip a new generation of leaders for the church.

Camps – Poland

Nothing is better than to see how students hear and accept the gospel and then observe how the local youth group leads them to grow in a relationship with Jesus which then do the same with their friends and close people. Using conversational English as the connection point, English Camps help unbelievers connect to the local church. Along with facilitating these camps, the Camps team also trains and develops young Polish leaders to serve as interns in these camps and in their local churches back home. Your donation will help...

El Dorado: Empowering Polish Emerging Leaders

One of Josiah Venture’s programs in Poland, called El Dorado, creates space for teenagers to discover their calling as they serve among their peers. The program brings together young people from many different cities and various denominations. Its mission is to reach the young generation with the Gospel, equip growing leaders to take first steps in ministry, and to support them as they serve their local churches. Poland’s evangelical population is very small; all of Poland‘s 40,000 professing evangelical believers (approximately 1 out of 1,000) would fit into a large sports...

Fala General Fund

In Poland, Josiah Venture’s national organization is called “Fala”, which means “wave” in Polish. With over 30 staff members and a camp facility called H2O, Fala inspires and equips hundreds of young Polish leaders each year to make disciples who make disciples. Giving to the Fala General Fund allows us to quickly direct funds to those programs within Fala that are most needed.

Fusion Music Outreach – Poland

We want to reach youth through rock/gospel choirs based in local churches. This ministry was pioneered in the Czech Republic and will be launched in Poland at the beginning of 2015.

Plan A: Discipleship Deepened

In the 2021/22 school year, Fala decided to focus on a new ministry. We called it Plan A: Deepened Discipleship. Each of our missionaries invited 1-2 leaders of the young generation to take part in a year long discipleship program. After observing an amazing growth and seeing a lot of fruit in the participants and the missionaries as well we had no hesitation to continue Plan A. In this program every leader will be led in a deep and intentional way by a missionary (meetings every other week) and will...

Projekt 29:11 – Healing the brokenness of the young generation

Many young people in Poland have experienced difficulties that have broken them beyond repair unless God rescues them. Projekt 29:11 is dedicated to “healing the brokenness of this generation”. The primary tool we use for this are “Exit” weekends, which are designed to take each participant through a process of identifying, acknowledging, and forgiving the hurts they have experienced. We have seen this be an incredible fruitful tool as young people process their trauma with our trained and dedicated team of volunteers and staff. We are raising funds for participation...

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