Posts by Bruce Snavely
05/02/25 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…
Read More04/20/25 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…
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