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Bálint Szabados
Bálint lives in Veszprém, a small town in Western Hungary where young people need the gospel desperately. He felt God slowly leading him into full-time ministry through his growing passion for serving young people. Through …Read more

Bartek & Kasia Tesluk
Bartek’s life was transformed at age 14 when he said yes to Jesus. His first ministry opportunity arose from his natural need of being part of community. He began a Bible club in his dorm, while he was away from home in …Read more

Serhii & Yana Skyba
Serhii was born and grew up in Cherkasy, Ukraine, where he accepted Christ. Starting in 2016, he ministered to young people, nurtured disciples, and worked as a chef. He met his wife Yana at the church and they got married …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

Darina Malá
Darina is passionate about music, helping other Christians grow deeper in a relationship with God, and reaching out to young people. She has been involved in youth ministry since high school, but it became more intentional …Read more

Petr & Lauren Božoň
Petr and Lauren first met in 2000, when Lauren was teaching English at a language school in Frydlant, Czech Republic. Growing up in a non-Christian home in communist Czechoslovakia, Petr trusted Christ in 2002, while attending …Read more

Ion & Cristina Matei
Ion lives and serves in Chișinău, the capital of Moldova. Moldova is a picturesque and unique country in great need of the gospel. He comes from an orthodox background and did not have a personal relationship with God until …Read more

Miriam Paszová
Miriam has been serving with Josiah Venture (JV) since April of 2013. In 2006, she had an opportunity to work as a Youth Worker in Western Europe. Some years before that, she also worked as a volunteer in the Czech Republic. …Read more

Kilian Spieß
Kilian grew up in the Evangelical-Lutheran Church in the German countryside, hearing about faith his entire childhood. At the age of 12, he discovered the heart of the gospel and God's love at a camp, desiring to follow …Read more

Julia Budd
Julia first served with Josiah Venture as an intern in 2013 in the Czech Republic. That summer, she saw how camps could be a powerful tool for discipleship as young people encountered Jesus for the first time, and young …Read more
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Welcome our new staff

Szabolcs & Maggie Bella Szabi and Maggie Bella plan to start serving on Josiah Venture’s team in Hungary by spring 2025.

Support a national missionary

Petra & Adrian Šulka Adrian and Petra Šulka both serve on Josiah Venture’s team in Slovakia, where they both serve on the EXIT TOUR team and lead their local church’s youth group.