03/21/25 More updates

Global Baptist Training Foundation (GBTF) training class in Estwatini. March 2025

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…

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03/14/25 Classes, Classes Everywhere

Global Baptist Training Foundation (GBTF) completed classes in Zimbabwe in March 2025

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!…

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01/29/25 Oops! We were wrong!!

GBTF Malawi baptism January 2025

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…

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08/30/24 Great Things in the Congo

When we first started Global Baptist Training Foundation, we often shared the rationale that the day could come when we couldn’t get into some countries in the world. Training nationals in those countries would assure competent ministry and evangelism would continue and be passed on to the next generation.  That day has come in many parts…

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07/19/24 2nd Quarter Report – Part 1

We are beginning to get reports from the church plants that have been started by GBTF-trained pastors for the second quarter of 2024.   While the results are incomplete, we could not wait to share these initial numbers.    We will update again as more reports come in. This chart indicates that just 100 of…

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07/02/24 Quick Updates

Global Baptist Training Foundation (GBTF) pastors showing the Jesus film July 2024

So much happens in such a short period of time with Global Baptist Training Foundation. Here are just some of this week’s highlights: First, as you know from previous updates, Global Baptist Training Foundation-trained pastors are in the process of starting 405 new churches in Africa this year.   This brings the total church plants to…

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06/06/24 Classes, classes, classes

Summer is not a time to take a break for Global Baptist Training Foundation.   We often say we are in a period of intentional and intense multiplication.   For example, here is just a partial list of classes being taught this month!  Everything from Interpretation of Scripture to higher level courses like Soteriology are…

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04/18/24 Powerful Results for GBTF in Africa Increasing

Global Baptist Training Foundation (GBTF) Ethiopia baptism candidates.

Global Baptist Training Foundation exists to take theological training to pastors and church leaders with cost to them.  The layers of results from that training continues to expand rapidly.  We have now received a report for the first quarter of 2024 from East Africa where GBTF-trained pastor are currently planting 300 new churches.  These churches…

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10/20/23 Classes in Tanzania and Congo

Global Baptist Training Foundation (GBTF) pastor training with Fidele in Tanzania October 2023

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…

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12/21/2021 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…

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