Posts by Bruce Snavely
04/18/2019 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…
Read More01/18/2019 Liberia Graduation Day
It is difficult to express the emotions in the room in Gbarnga, Liberia, today as 64 pastors earned their certificates for yet another course – Homiletics (sermon building)! There is, of course, great joy over a task accomplished. Relief that a very grueling week, with long hours of class in extreme heat, has ended. There…
Read More01/16/2019 What Nationals Can Do
This is our fifth day in Liberia, and the blessings of training national church leaders just keep rolling in. On Sunday my church planting partner Greg Dixon spoke at the church at which I spoke last year in September. This church was started by one of our pastor students just one year ago and…
Read More01/09/2019 Happy New “Let’s Get To Work” Year
Greetings from sunny Florida! After a great few days in New Hampshire with our entire family, we have been hard at work! Bruce has almost completed his newest book, “Indigenous,” we have the year ahead planned and translations in several languages are underway. It is going to be a great year!Bruce leaves tomorrow, on his…
Read More10/23/2018 First Uganda Class Underway
The first Global Baptist Training Foundation class in Uganda is underway. For the first time, we have missionaries as our hosts. Russ and Sylvia Daniels have worked tirelessly for months to prepare a place for the pastors to stay. They completely reconstructed a barn and housed it with showers and triple bunk beds outfitted with…
Read More10/19/2018 Another GBTF Milestone: Rwanda October 2018
Today, Friday, October 19, was a banner day for Global Baptist Training Foundation and for more than 50 Rwandan pastors. Today, in addition to a completion certificate for our “Evangelism and Church Planting” course, most of them received a graduation certificate for “GBTF Level One Theological Studies!” These pastors have successfully completed all our level…
Read More10/15/2018 Huge Announcement from Rwanda
Bruce has sent a video introducing this important and exciting class in Kigali, Rwanda. Here is a link to that video: In the video, Bruce mentions a big announcement. This is amazing! For seven years, Bruce has discipled the pastors of Rwanda. The materials have been translated by Pastor Shinga Fidele. Fidele…
Read More09/28/2018 Mexico Graduation 2018
This morning when I got up I had that feeling again. It was the feeling of finishing; the last day of our classroom here in Oaxaca. I’ve had this feeling many times, and understand it’s mixed with both joy and a bit of sadness in leaving the students. In the course of a week, you…
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