Natalia Starkowska
Natalia serves with Josiah Venture in Poland. Josiah Venture works to equip and empower leaders, especially young Polish national leaders who to impact God’s kingdom.
Who are we?
| Josiah Venture began in 1993 with a team of six youth ministry specialists. Today, Josiah Venture is a joint venture of organizations and staff in the countries of Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Germany, Hungary, Latvia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Ukraine. Our vision is for the next generation in all of Central and Eastern Europe, so we pray that the work will be able to expand to other countries as well. As a training organization, our goal is to mobilize and empower local leadership. Close to half of the team is made up of nationals representing the countries in which we are working. In most countries, a national organization has been planted, which makes it possible to build long-term ownership and momentum. |
What we do
Indigenous Empowerment: A Core Values in Ministry
At the core of our ministry is equipping and empowering leaders, especially young Polish national leaders who are impacting God’s kingdom work in Poland now and will shape the church for generations to follow. We deeply believe in making disciples who make disciples, and we focus much of our effort on the leadership development phase of discipleship. One of our core convictions is indigenous empowerment, the conviction that Poles are most effective in reaching their country for Christ. A key to our ministry's fruitfulness is empowering and equipping Polish nationals to do that work as well as removing barriers to them serving effectively.
At the core of our ministry is equipping and empowering leaders, especially young Polish national leaders who are impacting God’s kingdom work in Poland now and will shape the church for generations to follow. We deeply believe in making disciples who make disciples, and we focus much of our effort on the leadership development phase of discipleship. One of our core convictions is indigenous empowerment, the conviction that Poles are most effective in reaching their country for Christ. A key to our ministry's fruitfulness is empowering and equipping Polish nationals to do that work as well as removing barriers to them serving effectively.
CELEBRATIONS
PRAYER NEEDS
- In 2025 I will be celebrating 10 years of being involved in work with the National Organization - Fala Association that partners with JV Poland.
It is 10 years since I have been involved in the Camps Ministry in Poland, and youth ministry work at my local church in Nowy Tomyśl.
- I desire to serve wisely with joy, not burdened by the multitude of tasks and responsibilities that fall on me, and to have bold faith.
- Please pray that I will invest in the lives of others in such a way as to reflect God's love and draw others into his family, both from my local church in Nowy Tomysl and churches across Poland.
- I want to fulfill my roles empowered by God's strength, being rooted and grounded in love, so that HE be honored in excellence in whatever I do or think.
- Pray for transformation and renewal for those I'm leading in discipleship and myself so that we will not conform to the pattern of this world but have indigenous empowerment. (Romans 12)
