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Karel & Petra Hennhofer
Karel has been serving with Josiah Venture (JV) Czech (KAM) since 2008. He grew up attending a traditional church but never knew the Bible or God personally. He became a Christian while studying at the Technical University …Read more

Baiba & Aleksandrs Kenigsvalde
When Baiba was 15, she became a believer through the local youth group. Two years later, she joined a local church youth-leader team and was introduced to Josiah Venture (JV) through a missionary serving with them. At the …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

Daniel & Denisa Harčar
Daniel and Denisa met at a youth group camp with the Lutheran Church in Prešov, Slovakia. Daniel accepted Christ as his Savior when he was 16. After a year, he started to serve in his local church in Prešov as a member …Read more

Mykola & Anna Semenov
Mykola came to Christ at age 14 in eastern Ukraine. He started to serve his church in the children's ministry and that developed into doing youth ministry. Later, he became a deacon in his church and also led the family …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

Peter & Katka Michalčik
Peter started full-time ministry with Training Center Kompas (Josiah Venture’s partner organization in Slovakia) in 2004. Prior to this, Peter was a physics teacher and spent his free time with his youth group. Passionate …Read more

Vladyslav & Yelyzaveta Tsupik
Vlad was born in Luhansk to believing parents. He decided to follow Jesus during a church camp in 2011 and began to serve on the worship team playing electric guitar. When the war started in 2014, Vlad moved with his family …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

Kilian Spieß
Kilian grew up in the Evangelical-Lutheran Church in the German countryside, hearing about faith his entire childhood. At the age of 12, he discovered the heart of the gospel and God's love at a camp, desiring to follow …Read more
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Ester Lachmanova

Ester started ministry with Josiah Venture (JV) in November 2024. She wrestled with her faith a few years ago; however, after watching the TV series The Chosen, God drew her heart back to him and showed her how he sees her—with love, acceptance, understanding, compassion, and forgiveness. A year later, she discovered JV’s new ministry—The Chosen Clubs. And because her heart burned for Jesus and young people, it was her desire to help others to come and see an authentic Jesus, as she got to know him for herself. She discovered that sharing how God changed her life through The Chosen with young people in Czechia is her calling. She lives in Vlašim, Czech, participating on the worship team at her church and encouraging others to share their authentic faith in Jesus.

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Ellenwood

Ellenwood

Mel & Amy

Krupa

Krupa

Mark

Patty

Patty

Dave & Connie

McCormick

McCormick

Grace

Strock

Strock

Gregory & Kori

Kaspar

Kaspar

Brad & Lucie

Hust

Hust

Samuel & Šárka

Kuklinek

Kuklinek

Jan & Naďa

Božoň

Božoň

Petr & Lauren

Nevřela

Nevřela

Tomáš & Lucie

Lach

Lach

Bogdan & Martina

Chestnut

Chestnut

Robert & Audrey

Szturc

Szturc

Milan & Jarka

Yorman

Yorman

Casey & Kristin

Dickson

Dickson

Kevin & Daniela

Nelson

Nelson

Josh & Zuzi

Rosen

Rosen

Jonathan & Veronika

Pospíšil

Pospíšil

Jan & Renee

Davison

Davison

Rachael

Miller

Miller

Jim & Lina

Schwarz

Schwarz

Pavel & Jana

Bothwell

Bothwell

Brian & Natalia

Llamas

Llamas

Landen & Jenny

Paszová

Paszová

Miriam

Geldner

Geldner

Dušan & Lucie

Hlavsa Flowers

Hlavsa Flowers

Shelby

Pixová

Pixová

Martina

Jedlička

Jedlička

Jiří & Jana

Dietz

Dietz

Josh & Anežka

Szturc

Szturc

Ondřej & Anna

Hennhofer

Hennhofer

Karel & Petra

Zářický

Zářický

Tomáš

Kabut

Kabut

Honza & Kateřina

Patty

Tyler & Lara

Tichá

Tichá

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Bednarzova

Bednarzova

Noemi

Patty

Patty

Claire

Robertson

Robertson

Ben & Sarah

Bujoková

Bujoková

Pavlína

Hammond

Hammond

Geoff

Soukup

Soukup

Michal & Edita

Adent

Adent

Jacob & Denny

Vejmělka

Vejmělka

Jakub & Monika

Smith

Smith

Sean & Sarah

Toušek

Toušek

Michaela & Roman

Short

Short

Tiffany

Toušek

Toušek

Tomáš & Hanka

Williams

Williams

Paul & Molli

Šenigl

Šenigl

Samuel & Markéta

Rokosz

Jan & Tereza

Kajfoszova

Kajfoszova

Pavla

Blažek

Blažek

Daniel

Holden

Holden

Justin & Lucie

Řezníček

Řezníček

Jana & Eduard

Molin

Molin

Henryk

Mészáros

Mészáros

Lucie & Filip

Kittel

Kittel

Zuzana & David

Macura

Macura

Lukáš

Šnajdrová

Lenka

Drábková

Drábková

Barbora

Motlochova

Motlochova

Hanka

Tuominen

Tuominen

Spencer

Leech

Leech

Catherine

Pham

Pham

Pavel

Kovalov

Kovalov

Oleksandr & Svitlana

Smyček

Smyček

Zuzana & Jakub

Kubelka

Kubelka

David & Lucie