The Patty Family

Dave & Connie

Caleb, Claire, & Tyler

Lubno 284
739 11 Frydlant n.O.,
Czech Republic
Phone: (7 hours ahead)
011-420-69-6410278

dpatty@josiahventure.com
cpatty@josiahventure.com
www.josiahventure.com

The Ministry

Josiah Venture (JV) exists to equip the local church, to evangelize and disciple young people by training youth leaders. The ministry is currently in a multiplication phase spreading throughout Eastern Europe. The ministry will be expanding schools of leaders in two denominations to include an advanced course for the 120 leaders who have already completed the first year. JV hosts camps in Czech Republic and 15 of them were run by local church partnerships. There were also camps in Poland, Slovakia, Romania, Albania,  Slovenia and Ukraine. The JV ministry is currently expanding into the countries of Estonia, Latvia, Croatia and Ukraine. The internship program has expanded as well. They plan to add two other locations so they can handle a total of 50 interns from other churches. The Malenovice facility has been completed with a capacity of 120 beds. This facility is used regularly for Evangelistic English Camps and for Josiah Venture staff conferences.

In the future they are praying for more ways to penetrate the secular school system with the gospel of Jesus Christ. Josiah Venture is also asking the Lord for more workers to respond to the opportunities in other countries here in Eastern Europe.  Our prayer is for a movement of God among the young people of eastern Europe, a movement that finds its home in the local church and penetrates society for the glory of God.

Theresa Kerns
(Josiah Venture)

3S110 Rockwell Street
Warrenville, IL 60555
tkerns@josiahventure.com
www.josiahventure.com

Theresa began serving full-time with Josiah Venture in 2002. She spends her time ministering to JV families throughout Eastern Europe. Her ministry entails her traveling overseas three or four times a year with a focus on:

  • Building Titus 2 relationships with the Josiah Venture missionary women serving in several Eastern European countries
  • Developing Bible studies that assist national women in their personal study of the Word and building meaningful relationships with other believers
  • Assisting the home office by providing missionary care to the staff and summer interns
  • Theresa has also conducted women’s seminars in Israel in conjunction with the Kashtan Family.