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Honza & Kateřina Kabut
Honza and Kača were first introduced to Josiah Venture at a summer camp in 2007, where they began serving young people in their town. In 2011, they helped establish Fusion—a gospel, rock, and pop music evangelistic ministry …Read more

Timotej & Lucia Mahrik
Timo and Lucia grew up in the same church—CB Church in Žilina, Slovakia. Both of their fathers were strongly involved in ministry there; Timo’s dad was a leading pastor and Lucia’s dad was one of the elders. Timo and Lucia …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

David & Lucie Kubelka
David grew up in Jirkov, Czech Republic in a Christian family. Thanks to his background, he attended his local Christian church from a young age. When he was 5 years old, he went to youth and teenage events organized by …Read more

Peter & Eva Hrubo
Peter and Eva met while attending college in Žilina, Slovakia during the communist era. Together they were involved in pioneering a youth ministry in their local church. Married shortly after the Velvet Revolution, Eva began …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

Urh & Doroteja Kolar
Doroteja and Urh both grew up in Slovenia, but in very different families. Neither of them believed in God growing up. They both came to know Jesus through Josiah Venture's Summer camps. They met at a Fusion Camp in 2013. …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

Ivana Polláková
God was making Himself known to Ivana since her childhood through a Bible for children, Sunday school, and religion classes. However, it took her several years to start following Christ. While in high school, she started …Read more

Serhii Bielov
Serhii grew up in a religious family in a city near Kyiv, Ukraine; however, he truly accepted Christ when he was 19. This path was not easy—he walked away from small addictions to freedom through salvation. In 2020, he …Read more
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