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Sasha & Nataliya Dubovyk
Sasha grew up in Eastern Ukraine, spending the first twenty years of his life in Kharkiv. In 1999, he heard God's call on his life to become a missionary in Rivne, 800 kilometers away from his home. There, he joined a team …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

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

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

Flaviu & Lidia Coman
Flaviu was born in a large family of 11 children in the Petroșani area of Romania. He received a passion for Christ as a child, being inspired and led by his parents who he respects as worthy examples to follow. In 1999, …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

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

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

Jany & Lenka Šimočko
Jany accepted Christ in 2001 at the age of 16. Two years later, Jany joined his youth group’s leadership team to help organize their first English camp in Prešov, Slovakia. In 2006, Jany took the leadership role for his …Read more

Kateřina Tichá
Katya comes from a non-Christian Czech family and her first experience with Josiah Venture (JV) was at an English summer camp in 2009. She heard the gospel for the first time and was captured by it. She kept coming back …Read more
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Alex Tománek

Alex comes from Slovakia. He grew up culturally Roman Catholic, but a few months after his third Josiah Venture English camp, the gospel penetrated his heart and mind. As a result, he started attending a Lutheran church. At that church, he got involved in the youth group and the English camp ministry. Because he himself experienced God changing his life through the ministry of others, Alex found ministry very meaningful, and, therefore, decided to pursue a full-time ministry career. In order to prepare himself, Alex went to the United States to study. There, he earned a bachelor's degree at Moody Bible Institute and a master of theology degree at Dallas Theology Seminary. During his studies in the U.S., he became more acutely aware of the spiritual need in Europe and his country, and consequently returned to Slovakia after he graduated seminary.

After Alex learned about the potential opportunity to serve at Josiah Venture's ForMission College, he became very enthusiastic, because the opportunity would allow him to bring his passion for teaching, academic study, spiritual formation, and practical ministry together. He joined the higher education team in 2025 and serves as one of the teachers at the European campus of ForMission College. There, he helps provide theological and biblical education for young leaders across Central and Eastern Europe, for whom he longs to see use the knowledge and skills they acquire during their studies to reach Europe through local and practical ministry. Alex lives in Žilina and seeks to reach and disciple young people at his church.

You can write to Alex Tománek directly from this page.

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Sullivan

Michael

Ellenwood

Ellenwood

Mel & Amy

Patty

Patty

Dave & Connie

Hash

Hash

Dan & Laura

Božoň

Božoň

Petr & Lauren

Nevřela

Nevřela

Tomáš & Lucie

English

English

Terry & Hana

Chestnut

Chestnut

Robert & Audrey

Kloosterhuis

Kloosterhuis

John & Erin

Yorman

Yorman

Casey & Kristin

Gardner

Gardner

Gwynne

Davison

Davison

Rachael

Schwarz

Schwarz

Pavel & Jana

Llamas

Llamas

Landen & Jenny

Geldner

Geldner

Dušan & Lucie

Hlavsa Flowers

Hlavsa Flowers

Shelby

Pixová

Pixová

Martina

Zářický

Zářický

Tomáš

Kabut

Kabut

Honza & Kateřina

Patty

Tyler & Lara

Tichá

Tichá

Kateřina

Linkesch

Marek

Patty

Patty

Claire

Adent

Adent

Jacob & Denny

Smith

Smith

Sean & Sarah

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Williams

Paul & Molli

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Budd

Julia

Šenigl

Šenigl

Samuel & Markéta

Kajfoszova

Kajfoszova

Pavla

Molin

Molin

Henryk

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Lenka

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Boszczykova

Iva

Tuominen

Tuominen

Spencer

Jurčová

Adéla

Leech

Leech

Catherine

Spieß

Spieß

Kilian

Lančová

Lančová

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