Posts by Bruce Snavely
04/20/25 Lots of Good News!
We are thrilled to report that our trainer’s family whose house was hit by a bomb in the crossfire of the civil war in the DRC (Congo) are beginning to leave the hospital. These pictures are in the hospital and will show the conditions there! The hospital would not allow any of them to…
Read More04/10/25 Urgent Need
The ongoing civil war in the Democratic Republic of Congo has once again come to the doorstep of our Global Baptist Training Foundation family. One of our trainers, who is also planting a church, fell in the crossfire between the Congolese government soldiers and the rebel militia. A bomb landed on the house of…
Read More04/04/25 This Week at GBTF
Needs Met: We are thankful to report that ALL of the needs mentioned in our last email have been met by faithful donors. We are humbled at the generous GBTF team that surrounds us! Thank you! We will sharing other needs (motorcycles, etc.) in upcoming emails. The Student Becomes the Teacher: We noticed that Pastor Brasswell…
Read More03/21/25 More updates
This class in Eswatini has now wrapped up. Please watch the brief video of the thank you from Eswatini (Swaziland). This is GBTF’s first class in South Africa, but it will certainly not be the last. We expect great multiplication in South Africa in the next couple of years. The class in South Kivu…
Read More03/14/25 Classes, Classes Everywhere
Training nationals to train nationals means multiplication. That is obvious through the number of churches being planted AND in the numbers of pastors and church leaders being theologically trained. For example, here are a few of the Global Baptist Training Foundation classes this month alone. Zimbabwe Eswatini (Swaziland) GBTF is now operating in South Africa!…
Read More03/07/25 Burundi Graduation
BURUNDI GRADUATION On Tuesday, February 25, we were honored to attend a very special graduation for Global Baptist Training Foundation in Burundi. A prop plane ride prepared us for the adventure ahead. Like many other African nations, Burundi is struggling to recover from civil war among other internal issues. But, like many other nations in…
Read More03/01/25 GBTF Advancing in Western Rwanda
We hardly know where to start to give you a first-hand view of what we experienced in Western Rwanda and Burundi! The work of Global Baptist Training Foundation is moving at the speed of light and quickly multiplying! This class in Western Rwanda has been amazing for the past 2 1/2 years! You may…
Read More02/16/25 Western Rwanda Class
Last week, Fidele Shinga, GBTF African Director, taught a class in Western Rwanda. This was a special class because it the was the final course for the 75 students. They have now completed our entire Global Baptist Training Foundation curriculum and are ready to graduate. The pastors in Western Rwanda all contributed to build…
Read More02/11/2025 Built, Building, Buildings
Built We have previously taken a good look back at 2024 and the mountain of blessings Global Baptist Training Foundation experienced. So much has been built: thousands trained last year, 88 national trainers, 455 churches plants through GBTF-trained pastors, about 50,000 coming to faith in Christ, about one half of those baptized and many…
Read More01/10/25 Taxes, Classes, and Other Great Events!
NOTE: 2024 Tax Receipts for GBTF donors have been issued! If you give online, your receipt came to your email in the past few days. It will be from Intuit. If you don’t find it in your inbox, check the junk mail folder! If you give through the mail, your receipt has been mailed to…
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