Posts by Bruce Snavely
12/21/2021 GBTF Congo Christmas
Global Baptist Training Foundation got a wonderful Christmas gift this week! Classes have resumed in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)! Fidele Shinga has nearly 100 pastors and pastors’ wives in his first class in his native country. We have, for years, talked about the intentional multiplication that happens when the nationals we have trained…
Read More11/13/2021 Tanzania Class
Global Baptist attaining Foundation is committed to training nationals and then having those nationals train other nationals! This plan is in full operation in East Africa where GBTF has a full-time trainer in Fidele Shinga.Fidele just completed a class in Tanzania. The Tanzanian pastors say they have been praying for 14 years for the ability…
Read More11/01/2021 Uganda Graduation
We completed our classroom in Entebbe last week. It was a productive week in every way. Friendships were renewed, new relationships were begun, and two new classes were completed in the training of these Ugandan pastors. It is the rainy season in Uganda, but we only had rain early in the mornings. Afternoons and evenings…
Read More10/21/2021 Uganda Class and the Importance of National Hosts
Ugandan pastors are nearing the end of a week in which they will complete two classes – Pastoral Administration taught by Dr. Larry Bazer and Acts taught by Dr. Bruce Snavely. This has been another big step forward for a group of pastors who have previously had little to no ability to study the Scriptures…
Read More10/16/2021 Another Milestone Approaching in Rwanda
Friday Afternoon the Rwandan pastors got one step closer to finishing their coursework with Global Baptist Training Foundation. They are predictably excited about receiving their official diplomas next February when we return for the last class. This is a task that we have been working on together for nearly ten years. About 25 pastors will…
Read More10/12/2021 – Rwanda Classes resume
After a two year break due to Covid, classes have resumed in Rwanda. While about half of the pastors still cannot travel because of travel restrictions, finances, and lack of bus availability (due to labor shortages), nearly 40 pastors have made it to Kigali. They sang and praised the Lord for the ability to be…
Read More09/29/2021 – Re-opening Congo classes
Perhaps you remember that we have held classes for several years in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Then the guerilla activity caused the US State Department to warn Americans to stay out of the area where we had been having classes each year. We have prayed for this country to re-open yo GBTF, and we…
Read More09/10/2021 Kenya Encouragement
This week I have been in Kenya in our second classroom here with our East African GBTF trainer Fidele Shinga. It has been gratifying to see our first national at work in the classroom setting. In just 3 years we will train up to 500 pastors and leaders here in Kenya. Fidele represents what we…
Read More09/08/2021 – Fidele Shinga
We have told you about Fidele Shinga. He is a full-time trainer for Global Baptist Training Foundation in East Africa. We have known and worked with Fidele for 10 years. He has translated for both of us, he has chauffeured us around Rwanda, he has travelled with Bruce to Liberia to teach pastors there. Fidele…
Read More09/07/2021 – 55 Pastors in Kenya!
Both Bruce and Fidele are so enjoying teaching this group of about 55 pastors in Kenya, and the pastors are very enthusiastic about the training they are receiving! Fidele said that today he talked about the centrality of the blood of Jesus Christ throughout all the Bible. These pastors have no opportunity to go to…
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