Posts by Bruce Snavely
09/27/2018 Mexico Class Update
We are well into our first classroom here in Oaxaca. This is our first classroom in the country, and this initial experience is certainly a unique one. We have a much smaller, compact classroom with about nineteen pastors and six women who serve as single missionaries around this greater area or are serving local churches…
Read More09/17/2018 Mexico is One Week Away
We had a great time with the Bay State Baptist Church in Boston yesterday! What a great missions church! We were so encouraged by the response!We leave for Mexico on Saturday, and classes begin there on Monday morning! We are looking forward to extending the training of Global Baptist Training Foundation to yet another group…
Read More08/31/2018 Liberia for Christ: Working the Plan
Today is the final day of class in Gbarnga, Liberia, and as we close it out I want to share what took place yesterday at the close of the class day. Pastor Togba showed me a tentative list of those he and others had chosen to be the first Liberian trainers. The choices of these…
Read More08/28/2018 Gbarnga, Liberia
We have finished up our second full class day. Yesterday we had 78 pastors. Today we topped out at 82. The room doesn’t have a chair left and it is truly packed out! This is the largest class of pastors we have taught to date. The men who have come this week clearly want the…
Read More08/26/2018 Liberia, Rwandan building repair, and a Phone Charger
07/16/2018 – Haiti Classes Postponed
The Haiti classes have had to be postponed due to political unrest and violence. Please pray that this round of political infighting quells and that we can get back to training church leaders there soon.Blessings as you faithfully give and pray.
Read More07/16/2018 – Rwanda Graduation 2018
The July, 2018, class in Kigali, Rwanda, is now complete. We are thrilled with what God is doing though Global Baptist Training Foundation around the world. These pastors have gained knowledge and skill in handling the Word of God. They leave each class with the admonition to train others with the materials placed in…
Read More07/12/2018 Rewarding Mission
I’m in Kigali, Rwanda teaching a group of native pastors. This is our sixth class, and it’s going well. These pastors happen to be the replacement pastors for those killed in genocide in 1994. Our host, Pastor Denys, himself a natural leader, and a miraculous survivor of the massacre, went out about a month after…
Read More07/11/2018 Rwanda Video Update
Here is video update from Rwanda: We are considering taking a team to Rwanda this October. We have not made a final commitment until we see if we can get a team and some funding. As we mentioned earlier, Rwanda experiences a brutal rainy season this year. People died when their houses washed away. The church in Kigali where…
Read More07/10/2018 – Upcoming Haiti Class
We are requesting prayer for Haiti today. There is much violence in the streets. Several major airlines have cancelled flights in and out of Haiti, and many missions groups are stranded. The US Embassy has issued a “shelter in place” order for US citizens that are in Haiti.GBTF has two full weeks of classes scheduled…
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