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Szabolcs & Maggie Bella
Szabi came to Christ at 16 years of age, through a youth group led by a Josiah Venture (JV) missionary. Since then, he has felt called to lead other young people to Christ, so that they can experience the light God brings …Read more

Zuzana & Jakub Smyček
Zuzka comes from a small village called Ropice, located in Silesia, Czech Republic. She grew up in an evangelical church and, from the age of 15, was alternately on the youth team and in Sunday school. She studied theology …Read more

Vitaliy & Sofia Andriiets
Vitalіy was born and raised in Luhansk, eastern Ukraine. He accepted Christ and was born again in 2010 in a small, family-style church. Vitaliy attended seminary in the Department of Teenage and Youth Ministry at the Kyiv …Read more

Ondřej & Anna Szturc
In 2013, Ondra participated in a year-long internship program with KAM (Josiah Venture’s partner organization in the Czech Republic) called Journey. He has a passion for Czech local churches. Ondra is lead pastor in his …Read more

Tsvetan & Maia Stoitsev
Tsvetan and Maia have been serving in the youth movement with their church’s union for the last 30 years. They have been married for 25 years and have two kids, Georgi and Evgenia. During the previous several years, while …Read more

Yoan & Nadia Tsonchev
Yoan and Nadia met for the first time at Sunday School. Yoan is a Pastor’s child and is a 3rd generation Christian. At 18, he received his calling from God to minister to young people and dedicate himself to youth ministry. …Read more

Paul & Val Bowman
Paul’s first experience with Josiah Venture was in 1998 when he and his wife Val brought a short-term team to serve at an English camp in the Czech Republic. It marked the beginning of a deep connection with JV and a burden …Read more

Jana & Eduard Řezníček
Jana has been working with children and young people in the Czech Republic for more than 25 years. She worked after the Velvet Revolution as a Scout leader, a teacher at elementary schools, and a children's pastor. Inspired …Read more

Jan & Tereza Rokosz
Jan was born into a Czech Christian family. When he was eighteen years old, he started to help lead the local youth ministry in Karviná, Czech Republic. Later, he became the main leader. From that time, he felt that his …Read more

Adam & Aleksandra Löffler
Growing up, Adam was the only evangelical believer in his school. He accepted Jesus as a teenager and God began to grow a huge desire in him to tell others about himself. After co-organizing some youth events, he realized …Read more
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