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Lelde Keice
Lelde was 14 when she became a Christian at a youth camp. She was first introduced to Josiah Venture (JV) in her second year of high school when her local pastor encouraged her to go to a leadership training run by JV Latvia. …Read more

Kateřina & Daniel Kocyan
Kateřina and Daniel both committed their lives to Jesus as teenagers. At the same time, they felt the calling to serve full time in Christian ministry. Their desire is to see the Czech Republic and Europe transformed by …Read more

Yulia & Sasha Pasichni
When Yulia and Sasha Pasichni decided to attend a teen outreach club hosted by New Life Church in Lviv, Ukraine, they had no idea how much their lives would change. It was there that these two teenagers not only met each …Read more

Emīls Rolavs
Emīls grew up in a Catholic church in a small town of 3500 people in Latvia. His life changed when he started attending a local Josiah Venture Fusion group and eventually ended up joining the team to help out with teaching …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

Bálint Szabados
Bálint lives in Veszprém, a small town in Western Hungary where young people need the gospel desperately. He felt God slowly leading him into full-time ministry through his growing passion for serving young people. Through …Read more

Andrej & Nina Lovše
Andrej and Nina met as teens in their hometown of Maribor, Slovenia. Nina was the first to accept Christ as a result of missionaries sharing Christ outside her high school. A few years later, Andrej became a believer and …Read more

Damaris Iordache
Damaris grew up in a Christian family who raised her to know God and His Word. She gave her life to Christ when she was 12 years old at a children’s camp. Growing up, she had a passion for videography as a young YouTuber. …Read more

Michal Soukup
During his 18 year long journey as the youth leader in his home church (CB or Church of the Brethren), Michal realized that the most necessary group of people in the Czech Republic to reach is the youth. Those within the …Read more

Daniel Blažek
Dan comes from Písek in South Bohemia, Czech Republic where he grew up in his unbelieving family. Since his childhood, however, he attended various basketball camps where he was able to hear about God for the first time. …Read more
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Pavel & Jana Schwarz

Teo, Nathanael, Olivia and Abigail

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 helps Josiah Venture develop the organization so that it can be more effective and accommodate future growth. He is 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, Olivia, and Abigail 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

Miller

Miller

Jim & Lina

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

Kateřina

Bednarz

Bednarz

Noemi

Patty

Patty

Claire

Robertson

Robertson

Ben & Sarah

Bujoková

Bujoková

Pavlína

Hammond

Hammond

Geoff

Soukup

Soukup

Michal

Adent

Adent

Jacob & Denny

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

Macura

Macura

Lukáš

Šnajdrová

Šnajdrová

Lenka

Hujdusová

Hujdusová

Barbora

Motlochova

Motlochova

Hanka

Boszczykova

Boszczykova

Iva

Leech

Leech

Catherine

Welcome our new staff

Lukáš Macura Lukáš Serves on the EXIT team for Josiah Venture in the Czech Republic.

Support a national missionary

Serhii & Yana Skyba Serhiy and Yana serve on the Josiah Venture team In Ukraine. Serhiy trains teams and leaders, plants churches, serves on the front lines of the war, and leads a pastoral ministry in Uman.