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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. Since then, he felt that his ministry …Read more

Ema Kreko
Ema has been serving in the local church in Zagreb, Croatia as a youth leader for over a decade now. She first heard of Josiah Venture (JV) and their ministry in Central and Eastern Europe at an English camp in 2006. She …Read more

Salomon & Iza Krok
Salomon was born into a family of believers in the Silesian region of Poland, in a town called Cieszyn. As time went on, the faith his parents held to was not enough for him personally. Salomon had to go on his own path …Read more

Pavlo & Maria Protopopov
Pavlo started following Christ in 2010 in Ukraine and felt immediately called into ministry. Since that time, Pavlo has been a key part of organizing three new churches. In 2018, he started Reconciliation Bible Church, where …Read more

Juraj & Miriam Šimočko
As a pastor’s kid, Miriam was 14 years old when she accepted Christ. Since then, she has been helping with ministry in her local church. She attended the School of Leaders organized by TCKompas—Josiah Venture’s (JV) national …Read more

Weronika Kusmider
Weronika was brought up in a Christian family but didn’t believe in God herself. She was broken, without hope and purpose in life, and struggled with depression. When she gave her life to Jesus at the age of 17, she knew …Read more

Jiří & Jana Jedlička
Jirka Jedlička, widely known as JJ, was born in South Bohemia. For 20 years, he lived in Prague but he and his family currently make their home in a city in the Czech Highlands known as Trebic (Trzebeach). After working …Read more

Darina Malá
Darina is passionate about music, helping other Christians grow deeper in a relationship with God, and reaching out to young people. She has been involved in youth ministry since high school, but it became more intentional …Read more

Tomáš Zářický
Tomáš has always had a special affection for Josiah Venture (JV), being introduced to Christ through some of JV's missionary kids as a teenager in 2010. In the summer of 2012, he attended a Christian camp in Maine, which …Read more

Karel & Petra Hennhofer
Karel has been serving with Josiah Venture in the Czech Republic since 2008. He grew up attending traditional church, but never knew the Bible or God personally. He became a Christian while studying at the Technical University …Read more
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Pavel & Jana Schwarz

Teo, Nathanael and Olivia

Pavel and Jana were married in 2009 and spent their first years of marriage together in Prague. In 2012, after 7 years with General Electric, Pavel accepted the offer to serve with Josiah Venture in organizational development and design. In this role, Pavel will help Josiah Venture develop the organization so that it can be more effective and accommodate future growth. He will be working closely with the JV president and the executive team. Pavel and Jana became Christians through Josiah Venture and would like for others to also meet Christ in a personal way. They currently live with their children, Teo, Nathanael and Olivia, close to the JV headquarters in Frydlant nad Ostravici, Czech Republic.

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Other Czech Republic team members ↓

Ellenwood

Ellenwood

Mel & Amy

Krupa

Krupa

Mark

Patty

Patty

Dave & Connie

Strock

Strock

Gregory & Kori

Kaspar

Kaspar

Brad & Lucie

Hust

Hust

Samuel & Šárka

Kuklinek

Kuklinek

Jan & Naďa

Božoň

Božoň

Petr & Lauren

Nevřela

Nevřela

Tomáš & Lucie

Drabina

Drabina

Dušan & Dana

English

English

Terry & Hana

Zegan

Zegan

Zach & Kara

Lach

Lach

Bogdan & Martina

Chestnut

Chestnut

Robert & Audrey

Kloosterhuis

Kloosterhuis

John & Erin

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

Bothwell

Bothwell

Brian & Natalia

Llamas

Llamas

Landen & Jenny

Paszová

Paszová

Miriam

Geldner

Geldner

Dušan & Lucie

Flowers

Flowers

Shelby

Good

Good

Tyrel & Natalie

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

Kateřina

Bednarz

Bednarz

Noemi

Patty

Patty

Claire

Robertson

Robertson

Ben & Sarah

Bujoková

Bujoková

Pavlína

Hammond

Hammond

Geoff

Soukup

Soukup

Michal

Adent

Adent

Jacob & Denny

Janoušková

Janoušková

Anna

Kocyan

Kocyan

Kateřina & Daniel

Vejmělka

Vejmělka

Jakub & Monika

Dušek

Dušek

Kseniya & Mára

Smith

Smith

Sean & Sarah

Martináková

Martináková

Hana

Toušek

Toušek

Michaela & Roman

Short

Short

Tiffany

Toušek

Toušek

Tomáš & Hanka

Williams

Williams

Paul & Molli

Budd

Budd

Julia

Rokosz

Rokosz

Jan & Tereza

Kajfoszova

Kajfoszova

Pavla

Blažek

Blažek

Daniel

Holden

Holden

Justin & Lucie

Řezníček

Řezníček

Jana & Eduard

Molin

Molin

Henryk

Ward

Ward

Sarah

Mészáros

Mészáros

Lucie & Filip

Kittel

Kittel

Zuzana & David

Šnajdrová

Šnajdrová

Lenka

Boszczykova

Boszczykova

Iva

Welcome our new staff

Garrett & Brittney Haas Garrett and Brittney are currently support raising and are hoping to join the JV team in Germany by Fall 2022.

Support a national missionary

Noemi Bednarz Noemi has served with Josiah Venture since 2010. Currently Noemi works in the KAM (Josiah Venture’s partner organization in Czech) office.