Christmas Instructions

It is easy to miss the instructions at Christmas. Man’s agenda is very distracting – gifts to buy, meals to prepare, events to attend. God’s agenda is focused and clear…

25 Years!

Dear Friends, Did you get a slice of the birthday cake? This month Josiah Venture passes a significant milestone - 25 years of ministry in Central and Eastern Europe! Happy…

Resting in Inadequacies: Truly Finding Strength in Weakness

Rachel's extended summer internship in Germany has been defined by feelings of inadequacies and seeing how God uses her weakness for his glory

A Long Obedience

In our age of immediate results, the follower of Jesus must remember that lasting transformation comes only through persevering obedience.

Rocky Terrain and Deep Roots – Croatia Spotlight

Croatia's rocky terrain may make for a perfect vacation spot, but John Hinger, JV’s team leader in the country, says it’s also a suitable metaphor for the nation’s spiritual ground.

The Word in Flesh

What happens when the Word becomes flesh and lives among us?

A Day With David – A Young Josiah in Slovakia

What does it look like to be a young disciple of Jesus in Central and Eastern Europe? Here's a day in the life of David, a teenager in Slovakia.

Our Prayer for the Interns

We pray that God would protect our JV interns, provide for them, and be present with them as they partner with us this summer.

Our Why

At Josiah Venture, as we seek to follow Christ’s commission to make disciples, we often get asked about our specific whys. Here are some of those common questions and the…

Bold Faith

Stepping into who God has made you to be and what he’s asking you to do is never easy. In fact, the path often looks foggy; the ground shaky. That…

The “Faith Guy”

The little Estonian church should have closed, but when the "faith guy" showed up in Marjamaa and started playing soccer with the local teens things changed.

Bringing in the New Year

Just over 12 months ago, in the first hour of 2017, I joined a group of JV staff who took the first watch in the new online JV Prayer Room.…