The Road to Croatia – A New Missionary Story

The road to Croatia has taken a lot of preparation. But Evan and Bronwen Crowley, JV missionaries in training, are excited about what the future will hold for them on…

In Spite of Our Weakness

How can Christ’s strength be released in our weakness? Several weeks ago, our leadership team asked this question as we stood around Andrej Lovse, JV country leader in Slovenia. We…

Burning Bright – After Fall Conference

As Andrej Lovse, national team leader in Slovenia, said in one of our evening sessions, “We see that every movement starts with a fire. The element of every movement is…

A Big Impact – Fall Conference Tour

In 1629, Jan Comenius, Bishop of the Brethren Church, fled to the hills of this European region and prayed that God would preserve a hidden seed of the Church because…

A Movement Of God

At the beginning of the 1700s, a young carpenter Christian David came to faith in a small town in Moravia. He started preaching the gospel in nearby villages and soon…

Starving for Love

Six days is not a long time to spend with a group of young people. But when it came time to say goodbye, the students wept and hugged and wept…

Eternal Conversations

This summer the Josiah Venture team will lead 110 evangelistic camps in 13 countries with over 5000 young people in attendance. Half of these are not yet believers, and many…

Into the Harvest

A room packed with 133 college students, all giving their summer to share the gospel with thousands of Central and Eastern European young people. Enthusiasm and energy bounces off the…

Become a Ukrainian

Dear Friends, I am now, officially, a Ukrainian. At least that is what a group of Ukrainian teenagers told me…

Leaving a Lasting Imprint

Young people are like hot wax – shaping can be made quickly during these formative years and bear lasting fruit for the rest of their lives.

From the Harvest to the Harvest

One of the ways we work to increase fruit is by mobilizing from the harvest to the harvest. We open the way for gifted nationals who have trusted Christ through…

Helplessness Plus Faith

Dear Friends, In my note to you last month I shared a challenge to bring impossible prayer requests to the…