Posts by Bruce Snavely
08/28/25 Training, Training, Training
We are thrilled to report a couple of different types of training going on right now! First, Fidele Shinga, GBTF African Director, continues to open new countries with classes and to also teach in those nations where trainers are still being trained. This week, he completed two classes in Central African Republic. This class contained…
Read More08/21/25 The Saga of the Luggage: How Satan Fought
On our recent trip to Uganda, we felt overwhelming opposition from the moment we left home! Consider these: -We boarded our flight in Orlando, Florida, and were grounded by a storm in Washington DC. We missed our international connection that took off with 9 members of our team from Two Cities Church. -We arrived in…
Read More07/30/25 Uganda Trip
We leave in less than 24 hours for a week of intense ministry in western Uganda! We will be traveling with one daughter, two sons-in-law, five grandchildren, and six other team members. Working with three of the church plants started by GBTF-trained pastors, we will go into schools and present the gospel to several…
Read More08/22/25 Western Uganda Part 1
We have just returned from an amazing week in Western Uganda. This trip included both a new training class for 53 of our national trainers and leaders as well as evangelistic outreach in schools and villages that involved both nationals and a group from Two Cities Church in North Carolina. This email will focus on…
Read More07/22/25 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…
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