Mike Severe
Mike comes from north of Seattle and spent his first years in college working as a manager at McDonald’s. One Friday night, he sensed a clear call from God to reach the hundreds of bored and lost teens in the parking lot of his restaurant.
He attended Multnomah Bible college and began church ministry on the west coast with urban at-risk youth. After moving to study at Wheaton Graduate School and Trinity Evangelical Divinity School for his Ph.D., he connected with Josiah Venture (JV) and began leading youth teams to the Czech Republic to serve at JV English camps. One of his favorite aspects was incorporating many different church leaders and youth together on his teams, as well as accidentally hiking into Poland without a passport.
After 15 years in local church ministry, Mike transitioned to preparing youth leaders to reach teens, especially teens on the margins. He now directs the ministry programs at Taylor University. Every semester he tells his students that 99% of all paid youth pastors are in the United States, and 97% of teens are not in the U.S.
Mike longs to see a movement of God to mobilize the church to reach teens in Central and Eastern Europe. Partnering with Josiah Venture on the A-team allows him to conduct research and training that can help set the trajectory for effective lifelong ministry for thousands of youth workers.
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Michael
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Mel & Amy
Patty
Dave & Connie
Hash
Dan & Laura
Božoň
Petr & Lauren
Nevřela
Tomáš & Lucie
Drabina
Dušan & Dana
Chestnut
Robert & Audrey
Kloosterhuis
John & Erin
Yorman
Casey & Kristin
Gardner
Gwynne
Davison
Rachael
Schwarz
Pavel & Jana
Llamas
Landen & Jenny
Geldner
Dušan & Lucie
Hlavsa Flowers
Shelby
Pixová
Martina
Zářický
Tomáš
Kabut
Honza & Kateřina
Patty
Tyler & Lara
Tichá
Kateřina
Linkesch
Marek
Rothe
Claire
Adent
Jacob & Denny
Smith
Sean & Sarah
Williams
Paul & Molli
Budd
Julia
Šenigl
Samuel & Markéta
Kajfoszova
Pavla
Molin
Henryk
Šnajdrová
Lenka
Tuominen
Spencer
Jurčová
Adéla
Leech
Catherine
Spieß
Kilian & Justine
Lančová
Karolína
Tománek
Alex
Stimson
Kate
Fronius
Andy & Ana
