Little Experiments

In 2020, as our Josiah Venture missionary team was quickly evolving and adapting to keep up with the wreaking havoc of COVID, our leadership team decided to try a unique…

Zeal

What do you want more of? Ben, our Ukraine country leader, recently passed on an unusual prayer request. His family spends part of almost every day in bomb shelters, seeking…

The Role of Questions in Discipleship and Evangelism

Are questions a significant part of your discipleship and evangelism? Should they be? I think so, and here are three reasons why.

Messenger of Hope

My heart was overflowing with all kinds of emotions as I looked out over the tent filled with almost 400 JV staff and close ministry partners. Three years was a…

Equipping Messengers

Fall Conference has always been one of the kick-off points for the new school year in Josiah Venture (JV). It’s the primary equipping conference that brings around 400 of our…

Good News

Good news is a precious commodity in the midst of a crisis. When Ukraine’s war with Russia first began, back in 2014, Anna and her twin sister Sofia fled with…

Mission Teams

For many years, Josiah Venture has been partnering short-term mission teams with local churches in Central and Eastern Europe to do English, Fusion, and Edge camps. Their mission involves doing…

Five Generations

When Klemen trusted Christ through JV missionaries in Slovenia at 16 years of age, he never imagined that he would one day be in their shoes. Now, ten years later,…

All Good?

If we look around, we see how the things surrounding us are barely “all good.” It’s been over two years since the outbreak of COVID-19 and we are still struggling…

Help Ukraine – Phase Two

Four months have passed since the beginning of Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine, and many news reporters are already shifting their attention to other topics. However, for those of us…

Missional Formation

Humans are biologically wired to seek and make sense of the world. Our brains work by gathering and processing information. As a young Christian, this became evident as I sought…

Persevering Faith

Dear Friends, There are plenty of reasons to say “no.” Runaway inflation is taking the world by storm, after an unprecedented global pandemic, while we watch a brutal war unfold…