Posts by Bruce Snavely
12/26/24 Good News for the End of 2024
With all the bad news in the world, Global Baptist Training Foundation would love to share some good news!! First, we are so excited to introduce Succeeded Snavely Shinga, newborn daughter of Fidele Shinga and his wife, Alice! Succeeded was born last week and was 5 weeks early! She had some breathing issues and…
Read More11/23/24 The Cost of Training
Fidele Shinga held a class last week in Western Rwanda. Fidele is a tireless leader and trainer and is an excellent teacher and motivator. Fidele has sent three three amazing stories from this class that show how important Global Baptist Training Foundation training is to these national pastors and church leaders. Pastor Fidele Uzabakiriho rode…
Read More11/13/24 Buildings, Bibles, and Cars
BUILDINGS One of the great additions to our Global Baptist Training Foundation expansion has been the ability, with donor funding, to build buildings that will belong to the local church plants but also serve as GBTF training centers. In 2023, we built a building in Guinea, just north of Liberia. We will have the privilege…
Read More11/06/24 Stories from Tanzania
Last week in Tanzania, Global Baptist Training Foundation joined forces with a team from Two Cities Church in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The team did street and home evangelism alongside pastors, leaders and members of two GBTF church plants – Mount Faraja Baptist Church and Emmanuel Baptist Church, both in the greater Dar es Salaam…
Read More11/01/24 Amazing News from Tanzania
Our GBTF team and a group from Two Cities Church in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, have just completed a week of exciting ministry in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania! During the week, Bruce and Fidele, GBTF African Director, continued training a group of Tanzanian national trainers. We were able to take iPhones, projectors, shirts, business cards, and…
Read More10/18/24 More Signs of Growth
There was a time when we held 8-10 Global Baptist Training Foundation classes per year and were overjoyed. Now we have that many classes in a month. Pictured here are just two current classes: Western Rwanda and Kyela, Tanzania. The Western Rwanda class is taught by Pastor Francois, the brother of Fidele Shinga! This class…
Read More10/24/24 Northern Uganda Church Plant
We are thrilled to highlight Faith Baptist Church in northern Uganda. This year alone, Global Baptist Training Foundation trained pastors have started 455 church plants. This brings to almost 1,100 church plants through Global Baptist Training Foundation and the nationals working with GBTF. This church, Faith Baptist Church, was planted in 2023. Pastor Peter…
Read More10/12/24 GBTF New Babies – Physical and Spiritual
We are so excited to see Global Baptist Training Foundation growing in many ways – new countries, new classes, new staff positions, and new babies! Brite Atusasire, GBTF Trainer and church planter in Uganda, and his wife, Mercy, welcomed their first child last week. Truth Malawi is also the first grandchild for Naboth (GBTF East…
Read More10/04/24 Malawi Graduation
Congratulations to the 45 pastors in Malawi who completed their Global Baptist Training Foundation course of study and received diplomas yesterday. This accomplishment takes on even greater significance when you understand the obstacles. These pastors travel a great distance several times a year for modular courses. They balance families, churches, and other occupations to…
Read More09/28/24 Kenya Graduation
We are rejoicing with our Kenyan graduates as they complete our entire Global Baptist Training Foundation curriculum of 14 college-level courses. This is a lot of work under any circumstances. But most of these pastors and church leaders are bi-vocational. They leave church, home, family, and usually fields to travel and study these week-long modules…
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