Posts by Bruce Snavely
03/01/25 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…
Read More01/29/25 Oops! We were wrong!!
As we begin 2025, we have been reflecting on 2024 and what God has done through the nationals trained by Global Baptist Training Foundation. What an amazing year we have just completed. But, we made an error last year in reporting results from our church plants! We only got reports from the…
Read More01/17/25 A Great Start to 2025
We are thrilled to report that in the past two weeks, Global Baptist Training Foundation held five classes in 5 countries: Rwanda, Liberia, Tanzania, Burundi, and Congo. Hundreds of pastors have added to their course of training while working toward graduation. What a joy! In Liberia, Shinga Fidele, GBTF African Director, taught a…
Read More12/29/24 End of the Year Giving
With just a couple of days left in 2024, we wanted to share our End-of-Year brochure. The outstanding feature of this brochure is the graphs that show growth in every area. Would you consider an end of year donation to set GBTF up for the coming year of even more growth? As a registered 501(c)3…
Read More12/26/24 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…
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