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The world is changing, but the gospel remains the same. Every day, God is at work in this region, and young men and women are touched by the message of Jesus Christ. Pockets of this reformation are being sparked by the dedication, sacrifice, and service of a missionary team called Josiah Venture. Josiah Venture is working to see a movement of God among the youth of Central and Eastern Europe that finds its home in the local church and transforms society. Young people were the primary energy and momentum behind the revolutions that broke the power of communism in central and eastern Europe in the late 80s. But a revolution that changes the government doesn’t change the hearts of people. The work is only half done. Young people must be reached with the gospel of Jesus Christ. The energy of youth must be mobilized into a mighty force for the Kingdom of God. The potential is clear. Central and Eastern Europes young people have already proven they can change the course of history. Now, they must change the course of eternity.
“I have had the privilege of working with Josiah Venture in Romania and have always left so encouraged by their heart for youth. Josiah Venture is boldly standing on the front lines of ministry in a spiritually dark place and seeing lives transformed.” Josh McDowell, Christian Apologist, Evangelist, and Writer
Learn more here: https://www.josiahventure.com/about
Mission/Vision Statement
This is the vision of Josiah Venture, a vision for a movement of God among the youth of Central and Eastern Europe that finds its home in the local church and transforms society. Our mission and calling is to equip young leaders to fulfill Christs commission by reaching and making disciples. More than just conversion, we want to see passionate followers of Jesus Christ with a vision to reach and disciple their generation for him.
We are committed to doing this through local church bodies since the church is the bride of Christ, and we are responsible for presenting her as a radiant bride. We want to build ministries that grow through multiplication, not just addition, as leaders make disciples who can make disciples. We long to see ministries base their content philosophy and strategy on the Word of God. We are convinced that personal transformation is the first responsibility of any leader since the image of Christ cannot be seen until it is present.
We value the bold faith we see modeled in the book of Acts, a dynamic community that functions as the body of Christ, excellence that draws attention to God, the kind of integrity that permeates unseen corners, and the empowering of indigenous leaders to reach their own people.
Doctrinal Statement
WE BELIEVE that the Holy Scriptures, both the Old and the New Testaments, are fully inspired by the Holy Spirit, without error in the original manuscripts, infallible, and the final authority in all matters of faith and practice.
WE BELIEVE in one God, Creator of all things, eternally existing in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
WE BELIEVE that man was created in the image of God, but through Adams sin became alienated from God, acquired a sin nature, and came under the judicial sentence of death. As a consequence, man is lost, unable to save himself from the wrath of God, and needs to be saved.
WE BELIEVE in the Lord Jesus Christ, fully God and fully man, born of a virgin, sinless and perfect, the only Savior. We believe that he carried our sins in his body on the cross, rose from the dead, ascended to heaven, and is now at the right hand of God, mediating for us. We believe in the personal and physical return of Christ in power and glory.
WE BELIEVE that salvation is a gift of God, sovereignly offered by grace to those who repent and place their faith in the Lord Jesus Christ; and that all who truly believe in him are eternally saved on the basis of his shed blood.
WE BELIEVE in God the Holy Spirit who indwells all believers to convict, enlighten, sanctify, empower, and guide them in life and service.
WE BELIEVE that the true Church is composed of persons who, through saving faith in Jesus Christ, have been regenerated by the Holy Spirit and are united together in the body of Christ, of which he is head.
WE BELIEVE in the bodily resurrection of both the saved and the lost; they that are saved unto eternal life with God, and they that are lost unto eternal punishment separated from God.
WE BELIEVE that Christ commanded the church to make disciples of all peoples, by going into all the world, baptizing people in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey all that Christ commanded.
(Josiah Venture also accepts the Lausanne Covenant and the World Evangelical Fellowship Statement of Faith.)
