Ethiopia
01/08/26 To God Be the Glory!
As we enter 2026, let us share what God has done through Global Baptist Training Foundation in 2025 through training nationals to train nationals. Classes: National trainers have held about 200 classes in 2025. With an average of 50 students in each class, that means that 10,000 pastors and church leaders had GBTF theological training…
Read More10/14/25 GBTF 3rd Quarter 2025
We have received the statistics from our GBTF network in Africa for the third quarter of 2025. This report will give you information about the results of our joint efforts from July through September only! This chart says it all! We have 1,127 churches reporting. We have almost 1,800 churches that have…
Read More09/28/25 GBTF This Week
Today, Bruce begins the long trip to Zambia to train 120 pastors and GBTF Trainers. Most of our African leadership team will be in Zambia to participate in this training. Look for updates and pictures later this week. This past week, we had graduation in Ethiopia. A large group of pastors and church leaders…
Read More07/09/25 On Mission
As usual, there is a lot of activity! Classes, trainer training, church plants, building repairs, well building, and Bible distribution are all under way in many nations across Africa. GBTF’s philosophy of training nationals allows them to be equipped to do all of the above AND to multiply their efforts in the lives of…
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 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…
Read More07/19/24 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…
Read More07/02/24 Quick Updates
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…
Read More06/21/24 GBTF Training in Ethiopia, Uganda
At one time, Global Baptist Training Foundation celebrated when we reached 10 classes per year around the world. With the exponential multiplication of training nationals to train nationals, we now have at least that many classes per month!!!! Here are just two classes from this week! Pastor Gilbert Okecha has just completed a class in…
Read More06/06/24 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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