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Honza & Kateřina Kabut
Honza and Kača were first introduced to Josiah Venture at a summer camp in 2007, where they began serving young people in their town. In 2011, they helped establish Fusion—a gospel, rock, and pop music evangelistic ministry …Read more

Kuldar & Margaret Kaljuste
Kuldar and Margaret Kaljuste joined Josiah Venture (JV) in September 2009. God gave Kuldar a vision to reach young people in his country, Estonia. In 2009, He and his wife both responded to God’s calling and moved to the …Read more

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 …Read more

Lukáš Macura
Lukáš lives in the small town of Třinec in the Czech Republic. He grew up in a Christian family, attending church until he was 12. He became a believer when he was 21-years-old, thanks to the dedication of a missionary family …Read more

Vahur & Eliza Kobin
Vahur first came to a Josiah Venture (JV) English camp as a student in 2009. There, he saw, for the first time, Christ being lived out in other people’s lives, which led him to also choose a lifestyle of living for Jesus. In …Read more

Gabriel & Iulia Boldura
Gabi was born and raised in a Romanian christian family. Although he lost his father at a young age, he felt God's calling to serve as a teenager. He became involved in his local church in Hunedoara as a youth leader and …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

Ruxandra Neacsu
Ruxi grew up with her mom and grandma, who took her to church ever since she was a little girl. After graduating from high-school, she moved back and forth a couple of times for school and work, but was always drawn back …Read more

Bogdan & Martina Lach
The first time Bogdan and Martina heard about Josiah Venture (JV), they were praying and looking for a place where they could work and serve God with their gifts. About that time, KAM (JV’s partner organization in the Czech …Read more

Szabolcs & Maggie Bella
Szabi came to Christ at 16 years of age, through a youth group led by another JV missionary. Since then, he has felt called to lead other young people to Christ, so that they can experience the light God brings into the …Read more
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Pavlo & Maria Protopopov Pavlo is on the Josiah Venture team in Ukraine. He is responsible for Exponential, a church planting conference, in Ukraine, and is a trainer for the European church planting network, M4.

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