Posts by Bruce Snavely
10/20/23 Classes in Tanzania and Congo
Tanzania Fidele held a class in Tanzania last week for an entirely new group of pastors and church leaders. You often see women in these classes. We are working to train women trainers for these women. In the absence of women’s classes, they are welcome to attend the theology courses. Many of these women are…
Read More10/28/23 Burundi Class
Global Baptist Training Foundation honors those church leaders who are working to complete their training in Burundi. Fidele Shinga has two separate classes in different parts of Burundi. A total of 150 will graduate in the next few months. Fidele is carrying on the GBTF theme verse found in II Timothy 2:2 where Paul told…
Read More09/28/23 Another Week in the Life of GBTF
Graduation in Liberia Global Baptist Training Foundation is proud to congratulate another graduating class in Liberia. To reach this point, these indigenous pastors have attended fourteen courses over the period of 2-3 years. They have completed course assignments, attended each session, and earned the diploma the received. This is HUGE for those who previously had…
Read More09/22/23 A Very Busy Week!!
A lot is going on this week with Global Baptist Training Foundation. When we talk about intentional multiplication, this email will show you just how wide and quickly that multiplication is taking place with training, new trainers, church plants, and people coming to the Lord and being baptized. LIBERIA Bruce is in Liberia giving advanced…
Read More09/04/23 National Training Nationals
Global Baptist Training Foundation’s classes around the world bring college level theological training to pastors and church leaders who have no access to or ability to pay for such education. Most of the donors who fund the GBTF training have caught a vision for what is possible when you equip, motivate, and mobilize indigenous trainers…
Read More08/23/23 131 New Churches Thriving in Africa
We are thrilled that Global Baptist Training Foundation trained pastors are now planting (starting) 131 brand new churches throughout Africa. The 41 new churches in Liberia have reported over 500 people saved and baptized in the first quarter of 2023. In addition, there are 22 new church plants in Rwanda, 18 church plants in Burundi, 15…
Read More08/08/23 Zimbabwe Classes Open
We are thrilled to add Zimbabwe to the growing list of countries where Global Baptist Training Foundation is offering theological training to national pastors and church leaders. Fidele Shinga, GBTF East Africa Trainer, had 35 pastors attend this class last week, and most completed all the requirements for a completion certificate. We will continue to…
Read More07/30/23 Uganda Graduation
We had a second graduation last week in Uganda. While this was a smaller graduation than Tanzania, it was just as meaningful. We had several testimonies from men who had prayed for training and see GBTF as the answer to that prayer. Several of these pastors, including Gilbert Ochecka (see attached video) and Pastor Naboth…
Read More07/20/23 Tanzania Graduation
What an amazing week in Tanzania! This group of pastors and other church leaders have now completed the entire Global Baptist Training Foundation program, and today they celebrated their graduation! Many of these pastors had prayed for years that God would allow them to get theological training. Their thankfulness is overwhelming! Until GBTF came to…
Read More06/25/23 GBTF Work Going Forward Across Africa
We are thrilled at what GBTF-trained nationals are doing all over the continent of Africa. Global Baptist Training Foundation’s mission is to train nationals to train nationals. We call this intentional multiplication. We train one pastor thoroughly and watch him go out to train others, plant new churches with pastors who are GBTF trained as…
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