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Irena Fedyk
Iryna was raised in a home where no one talked about God. The first time Iryna ever heard about God was in a Christian Ethics class at school. That began to change once Iryna first got connected to Josiah Venture in 2014—when …Read more

Tomáš & Lucie Nevřela
Lucie and Tomáš met in 2005 in their church in Písek at a summer evangelistic soccer camp where they were serving. They shared a love for sports and for reaching the lost. After becoming friends and dating for two years, …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

Sebastian & Gloria Forjan
Sebastian, raised Catholic, attended church as almost every Slovene but didn’t believe in God. In 1995, he put his faith in Christ. While he served in the army for nine months, God put a burden on his heart for the youth …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 the summer of 2012, Tomáš attended a Christian camp in Maine, which deepened …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

David & Daniela Kostlán
David grew up in a Christian family in the Czech Republic. After graduating high school, he went to study sociology, beginning in Prague and finishing in Bratislava, where he met his future wife. For several years he worked …Read more

Michaela & Roman Toušek
Michaela (Misa) has been serving with Josiah Venture (JV) Czech since 2015, after moving with her family to Havirov, where her husband Roman became a local church pastor. She left her job as a teacher and joined the JV team …Read more

Andrii & Yulia Polonnikov
Andriy was born in Lviv, Ukraine, where he has spent his whole life. He began attending church through a friend. Through a summer camp ministry, Andriy started to understand what it meant to live with the Lord when he was …Read more

Mladen & Judita Kočiš
Originally from Croatia, Judita and Mladen arrived in Slovenia in October 2008 with plans to further their education. Mladen had enrolled in a sports education program, while Judita began her studies at a music academy. …Read more
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Serving the JV family in HR, finances, and partner relations.

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The Barnabas team in North America serves the Josiah Venture family by providing access to care, support, and resources. We have great people serving the greater JV family in several important categories, HR, Finances, and Partner Relations.

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Sebastian Michalski Sebastian serves with Fusion in Katowice, Poland, which is connected to his local church. He also serves in the national Fusion ministry as the coordinator of equipment and financial systems.

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Ema Kreko Ema has been serving in the local church in Zagreb, Croatia as a youth leader for over a decade now. Ema joined the JV team in the summer of 2018 and is currently developing a small team of leaders to be the next generation serving the church in Croatia.

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