Posts by Bruce Snavely
The first GBTF graduating class, Rwanda-April, 2022
01/28/2022 – GBTF 10 Year Anniversary in Rwanda
We are preparing for a party of four to journey to Rwanda two weeks from today – three teachers and a photographer/videographer! This is a very special week in Rwanda. It is the ten-year anniversary of Global Baptist Training Foundation in that nation. Even more exciting, over 50 pastors will complete all of our GBTF…
Read More01/15/2022 Tanzania Graduation
Congratulations to this group of pastors and church leaders who completed their second course this week in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, under the instruction of GBTF East Africa Trainer Fidele Shinga!
Read More01/09/2022 GBTF on the Move in Africa
We had a disappointment this week – just a temporary one! Bruce’s flight to Liberia fell to the chaos that is air travel right now. After an entire day at the airport and trying every possible way to get him there even two or three says late, we had to finally realize the door was…
Read More12/21/2021 GBTF Congo Christmas
Global Baptist Training Foundation got a wonderful Christmas gift this week! Classes have resumed in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)! Fidele Shinga has nearly 100 pastors and pastors’ wives in his first class in his native country. We have, for years, talked about the intentional multiplication that happens when the nationals we have trained…
Read More11/13/2021 Tanzania Class
Global Baptist attaining Foundation is committed to training nationals and then having those nationals train other nationals! This plan is in full operation in East Africa where GBTF has a full-time trainer in Fidele Shinga.Fidele just completed a class in Tanzania. The Tanzanian pastors say they have been praying for 14 years for the ability…
Read More11/01/2021 Uganda Graduation
We completed our classroom in Entebbe last week. It was a productive week in every way. Friendships were renewed, new relationships were begun, and two new classes were completed in the training of these Ugandan pastors. It is the rainy season in Uganda, but we only had rain early in the mornings. Afternoons and evenings…
Read More10/21/2021 Uganda Class and the Importance of National Hosts
Ugandan pastors are nearing the end of a week in which they will complete two classes – Pastoral Administration taught by Dr. Larry Bazer and Acts taught by Dr. Bruce Snavely. This has been another big step forward for a group of pastors who have previously had little to no ability to study the Scriptures…
Read More10/16/2021 Another Milestone Approaching in Rwanda
Friday Afternoon the Rwandan pastors got one step closer to finishing their coursework with Global Baptist Training Foundation. They are predictably excited about receiving their official diplomas next February when we return for the last class. This is a task that we have been working on together for nearly ten years. About 25 pastors will…
Read More10/12/2021 – Rwanda Classes resume
After a two year break due to Covid, classes have resumed in Rwanda. While about half of the pastors still cannot travel because of travel restrictions, finances, and lack of bus availability (due to labor shortages), nearly 40 pastors have made it to Kigali. They sang and praised the Lord for the ability to be…
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