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.
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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.
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.
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 to support our Polish interns, send Polish students to camp, and support national leaders.
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...
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 to support our Polish interns, send Polish students to camp, and support national leaders.
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 stadium. Almost all work in Polish local churches is done by volunteers. Less than 5% of churches have full-time workers. At the same time, many teenagers often don’t serve in their churches. El Dorado exists to help them discover and live out their calling. Through El Dorado, they gain experiences and skills which they put to use in their own churches—by leading youth groups, worship teams, organizing conferences, or leading international mission trips.
We believe that God wants to use teenagers in unimaginable ways. Unfortunately, many young people find themselves in churches that aren’t equipped to challenge them. Future leaders desire intense and focused growth, so every year the El Dorado team organizes 3 weekend conferences and a summer camp that help growing leaders gain vital knowledge and skills, as well as tools and experience in being disciples who make disciples. We also organize 2 weekend training retreats for a team of 15 key volunteers who are taking first steps in ministry and discovering their calling by serving in El Dorado.
Each of our 15 volunteers will serve at 5 events in the second half of 2024. The total need for a volunteer to serve at these 5 events is $1175 ($235/event). Our total need for our 15 volunteers is $17,625. Would you consider providing the finances for a volunteer to serve in our ministry?
In the second half of 2024 we’re expecting to welcome a total of 160 participants at our events. Because our target audience are teenagers, often from homes which cannot afford the full price of our events, we provide scholarships of $70 to subsidize the cost of each of our events for each participant. By providing a $70 scholarship, you’ll be symbolically adopting a Polish young person by giving them the chance to come to know and follow Jesus.
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...
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 stadium. Almost all work in Polish local churches is done by volunteers. Less than 5% of churches have full-time workers. At the same time, many teenagers often don’t serve in their churches. El Dorado exists to help them discover and live out their calling. Through El Dorado, they gain experiences and skills which they put to use in their own...
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 lead 2 young people in a similar way. Taking the relationship of Paul and Timothy as an example we desire to see multiplication in discipleship beyond our pairs. Our Pauls and Timothies will focus on 3 aspects of discipleship: power of relationships, power of identity and power of fruitfulness. And three weekend trainings will equip and inspire participants to make discipleship their style of living. Our prayer is that God again will use Plan A again to build discipleship in our country. We believe that it will be possible through the relationships of 27 Pauls with 31 Timothies (8 Pauls for this school year graduated from the first edition of our Plan A). It will cost $900 for each Timothy to participate in “Plan A” this year. It’s an incredible opportunity to not only to support these 33 young leaders, but a couple hundred young people who will be discipled this year through them. Would you consider helping us meet this cost by sponsoring this program? On average, one week of participation is $33.
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...
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 lead 2 young people in a similar way. Taking the relationship of Paul and Timothy as an example we desire to see multiplication in discipleship beyond our pairs. Our Pauls and Timothies will focus on 3 aspects of discipleship: power of relationships, power of identity and power of fruitfulness. And three weekend trainings will equip and inspire participants to make...
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 scholarships for this school year. We have already raised 7,240 USD within Poland for these scholarships, and are seeking an additional 21,276 USD to cover scholarships for those who would like to attend.
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...
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 scholarships for this school year. We have already raised 7,240 USD within Poland for these scholarships, and are seeking an additional 21,276 USD to cover scholarships for those who would like to attend.
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