Posts by Bruce Snavely
10/19/2019 Rwanda Graduation October 2019
Our October classroom in Rwanda is completed! As we watched our 52 pastors graduate today from two more courses, I realized just how close they are to completing Level Two in their training. Just three more classes and they will have over fourteen subjects in their respective academic portfolios! This is an amazing accomplishment for them…
Read More10/17/2019 Rwanda Mid-Week Update
Today is hump-day for us here in Kigali, Rwanda. After today it will be all downhill to our finish on Friday afternoon for graduation. This year we will have held four separate classes (two in July and two this week) in Kigali for the pastors who are progressing rapidly. Everything is changing very rapidly in…
Read More10/13/2019 Rwanda October Begins
I’m back in Rwanda for our October classroom. Pastor Larry and I got in Saturday about mid-afternoon and met Fidele expecting to get our first ride in Fidele’s newly purchased used car. However, Fidele was the emcee in a local wedding and had to have his friend Eric drop us off at the Guest House…
Read More09/20/2019 Second Liberian Graduation
Today is the completion of our second Liberian classroom in two weeks here in Buchanan. It has been an exhausting but profitable time. The pastors here are becoming highly motivated to take charge of their personal and collective ministries in light of their being equipped and trainedIt is privilege to invest in people, who through…
Read More09/19/2019 Third Liberian Classroom Location
We are progressing nicely in this our third Liberian classroom. It is an area quite different from Monrovia or Gbarnga. Here near this major port city, the ravages of the civil war are still very visible. Because of the systemic corruption the country continues to live under, everything remains in total disrepair and in poverty.…
Read More09/15/2019 GBTF Has Largest Graduation to Date – LIBERIA
The largest graduation class to date happened in Gbarnga, Liberia, this past Friday. We had over seventy-eight graduates in both Evangelism and Level One. Level one is the completion of seven full courses. When we come back in January, we will offer this same group their first level two course: Church Administration. There are several…
Read More09/12/2019 Excitement in Liberia
We are in the largest classroom ever in Liberia this week. We began with 75 pastors, and we are now up to 81 on this, our second day of class. The class is now closed for earning a certificate of completion, but that doesn’t mean we couldn’t have more by tomorrow. This classroom is also…
Read More09/09/2019 Liberian Pastor Training and Church Planting
Bruce is in Liberia again. Next week, a group of about 70 pastors will complete level one training. The following week, a group of almost as many new pastors, many of them new church planters, will begin the first course of level one. There is actually demand now for a third class in the…
Read More08/24/2019 Countdown to Liberia
It is now just two weeks until our classes begin in Liberia. And there is something new! A brand new class! While the existing class will continue, a new class is starting with an entirely new group of pastors, many of them new church planters! In just 18 months, we have seen over 100 new…
Read More07/19/2019 Uganda: I Have Decided to Follow Jesus
And just like that, another graduation day is here. This time it’s in Entebbe, Uganda. About 40 pastors complete TWO courses this week! The joy they feel at this accomplishment is best seen in the pictures of the pastors with their certificates of completion! Remember that these pastors must attend every class and pass…
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