Posts by Bruce Snavely
07/18/19 Ugandan Church Planting
As you follow the training of national pastors around the world, you know that we are partnering with Pastor Greg Dixon and Advance to see these pastors plant new churches pastored by more trained pastors. We are seeing amazing fruit from this partnership in several countries. This week in Uganda, we have had new church…
Read More07/14/2019 Uganda and False Teachers
We are in Week two of our Rwandan/Ugandan classrooms. Dr Larry Bazer and I landed in Entebbe on Saturday, and missionary intern Jamie brought us to the compound where we are staying after a quick meal and a few errands. Today we attended one of the churches that our hosts, Russ and Sylvia Daniels began…
Read More07/12/2019 GBTF Flourishing in Rwanda
The teaching week has flown by once again and, by this time tomorrow, we will be safely settled on the compound in Entebbe, Uganda, preparing for another week of study. This week could not have been much better. We accomplished all our goals, got all the material covered, and graduated 49 pastor-students early this afternoon.…
Read More07/11/2019 Double the Blessing in Rwanda
This week’s classes in Rwanda are almost completed. The blessing of this amazing class of nations pastors has been doubled this week in many ways. First, Dr. Larry Bazer has again joined Bruce in teaching. So, the pastors get double the blessing in teachers! Because of Dr.Bazer teaching alongside “Dr. Bruce,” as the…
Read More07/07/2019 Rwanda, Fidele, and Renewal
Rwanda is entering a new era of productivity and prestige. Twenty-five years ago nobody would have ventured a Rwandan dollar that the nation would ever come back from near extinction. In the summer of 1994, over a million Rwandan citizens lay slaughtered over the length and breadth of this small African state. Genocide had, in…
Read More05/31/2019 Intentional Multiplication
We are taking a couple of weeks off to celebrate our 41st wedding anniversary which will be this Sunday, June 2! While we are doing some work (as evidenced by this email), we are trying to rest and gain strength for the very busy teaching season that begins in about five weeks. We will…
Read More05/08/2019 Thank You!
One of the things that we get to see all over the world is how thankful the national pastors are for the education that Global Baptist Training Foundation is bringing to them. We often try to tell you about the thankful spirits with which these pastors and pastors’ wives receive training from GBTF professors. The…
Read More04/18/2019 Pastor Shinga Fidele
Let me begin by asking a very simple question. Should churches use their missions money wisely? I’m sure everyone agrees that the answer is yes! Let’s go a step further. If there are numbers of indigenous believers on the ground on any mission field, why would we send a western missionary family halfway around the…
Read More01/27/2019 Togo Graduation
The Togo graduation took place today, and now, after a final meal with our host Sika and our Translator Donald, along with their wives, we are awaiting our flight to Paris and then home. It has been a long two weeks, but I am thankful for what we have seen accomplished in both Liberia and Togo. …
Read More01/20/2019 GBTF in Togo
Greetings from Togo,Today we began our week training pastors in Togo with a visit to two separate churches. I spoke at Maranatha Baptist Church while Greg spoke at Bethany Baptist Church, Pastor Sika’s church. Since Sika traveled with me to the other church to introduce me there, Greg was left on his own at Sika’s…
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