Posts by Bruce Snavely
07/30/23 Uganda Graduation
We had a second graduation last week in Uganda. While this was a smaller graduation than Tanzania, it was just as meaningful. We had several testimonies from men who had prayed for training and see GBTF as the answer to that prayer. Several of these pastors, including Gilbert Ochecka (see attached video) and Pastor Naboth…
Read More07/20/23 Tanzania Graduation
What an amazing week in Tanzania! This group of pastors and other church leaders have now completed the entire Global Baptist Training Foundation program, and today they celebrated their graduation! Many of these pastors had prayed for years that God would allow them to get theological training. Their thankfulness is overwhelming! Until GBTF came to…
Read More06/25/23 GBTF Work Going Forward Across Africa
We are thrilled at what GBTF-trained nationals are doing all over the continent of Africa. Global Baptist Training Foundation’s mission is to train nationals to train nationals. We call this intentional multiplication. We train one pastor thoroughly and watch him go out to train others, plant new churches with pastors who are GBTF trained as…
Read More06/03/23 A Note from Fidele Shinga in Tanzania
Greetings! Thank you very much for your always prayers for me and mostly when I’m teaching. I am glad to let you know that the men here in TANZANIA, were very happy with the teachings of Homiletics I and the Book of ACTS. Some of them said that they “have been preaching without any outline.”…
Read MoreGBTF Moves Into Sudan 05/22/23
Sudan is a nation that is closed to Western missionary efforts. So what is the answer to evangelizing a nation such as this? Train the nationals!!!! We have had, as many of you know, six Sudanese pastors coming into Uganda to our Global Baptist Training Foundation classes. They are planting new churches and opening churches…
Read MoreGroundbreaking in Guinea
This is an over-flowingly joyous day. The church plant in Guinea, started by pastors trained by Global Baptist Training Foundation and pastored by a GBTF trained pastor, broke ground for their building today. After hundreds of church plants, what makes this one momentous? We have a new partner committed to building church buildings in developing…
Read More04/04/23 Zimbabwe Course Completion
Last week, Global Baptist Training Foundation East Africa Trainer, Fidele Shinga, held the first ever GBTF class in Zimbabwe. The class yielded great fruit with excited pastors and wives beginning their training and open doors into Botswana and Mozambique. One interesting fact about this class is that the weather was so hot, they actually had…
Read More03/29/23 Above and Beyond in Zimbabwe
GBTF has its first ever class in Zimbabwe this week where Shinga Fidele is teaching a group of about 45. What a joy as they receive their training with great excitement and thankfulness. As usual, God is doing even more than we could ask or think. We have one pastor from neighboring Botswana and another…
Read More03/25/23 Malawi Class Completion
Global Baptist Training Foundation is proud to announce that a group of about 50 have completed another round of courses in Malawi. Shinga Fidèle established and teaches this class twice a year. Fidèle is in the middle of the group in a dark shirt. As usual in Africa, a pastor in neighboring Zimbabwe heard about…
Read More03/16/23 Tanzania Graduation
Our classes in Tanzania have just wrapped up, and certificates of completion have been awarded. These certificates are so much more than pieces of paper for these students. They are a tangible demonstration of the knowledge and training that is poured into them throughout the year. These pastors (and a few wives) will graduate from…
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