Posts by Bruce Snavely
07/22/25 Bibles!!
Our primary mission at Global Baptist Training Foundation is to train nationals to train nationals. This is Biblical, practical, and it works!!! The GBTF curriculum includes theological content as well as practical ministry training. Once the GBTF students take the courses on church planting, they jump right in and begin starting new churches. …
Read More07/09/25 On Mission
As usual, there is a lot of activity! Classes, trainer training, church plants, building repairs, well building, and Bible distribution are all under way in many nations across Africa. GBTF’s philosophy of training nationals allows them to be equipped to do all of the above AND to multiply their efforts in the lives of…
Read More06/27/25 Life-Giving Water is Flowing in South Sudan
***As we begin this very exciting email, we ask for prayer for Pastor Ntare Rogers and another Ugandan pastor who were involved in a motorcycle crash yesterday. Bruce was on the phone with Ntare just an hour before the crash. [We were also able to talk to him in the hospital. We even were able…
Read More06/19/25 Ghana and Niger
Global Baptist Training Foundation continues the march toward covering all of Africa! In September Fidele Shinga, GBTF African Director, has confirmed classes will begin in Ghana. In October, Niger will be the site of a new class! Watch for pictures and reports from these countries in coming weeks. Meanwhile, our national trainers continue to…
Read More06/05/25 Evangelizing South Sudan
We remember just four years ago when a pastor from South Sudan heard about Global Baptist Training Foundation classes being held in Uganda. So, he traveled to attend. At the end of the week, this pastor stood up and passionately thanked GBTF for bringing this training that empowered nationals to more effectively minister in the…
Read More05/29/25 Bibles, Training…
Pastor Brasswell Nkhonjrra, Global Baptist Training Foundation South Africa Director, recently traveled from his home country of Malawi to neighboring Tanzania to teach a large class of pastors and church leaders in Kyela. You’ll have to look at a map of Africa to see why Brasswell was closer than our Tanzanian trainers to this remote…
Read More05/20/25 Sierra Leone, Buildings, Evangelism, Training
Add another country to the list of nations where Global Baptist Training Foundation trains national pastors and church leaders – Sierra Leone!! Fidele Shinga, GBTF African Director, Philip Willie, GBTF West Africa Director, and James Togba, GBTF West Africa Field Representative, traveled to Sierra Leone to start classes in two separate locations. They were met…
Read More05/09/25 The Next Generation
Today, 155 pastors and church leaders finished another class in our Global Baptist Training Foundation curriculum! This class is in southwest Rwanda! From all reports this was a class filled with great joy at receiving theological training. The really exciting thing about this class is that it represents the NEXT generation of GBTF. …
Read More05/02/25 This Week in GBTF
This week, Fidele Shinga wrapped up classes in Central African Republic. This class had 77 who completed the course requirements. Many of these were women because GBTF currently has no women’s ministry in this area. Many national pastors also added classes to their transcript toward graduation. Fidele says this class was very exciting, and…
Read More04/28/25 Liberia!!!
Global Baptist Training Foundation has been training national pastors and church leaders in Liberia for many years. In 2017, when GBTF began training large groups of pastors, one of the goals we set was to start 500 new churches in Liberia. This was a God-size goal! Millions of dollars had previously been sent…
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