02/11/2025 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…

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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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11/13/24 Buildings, Bibles, and Cars

Global Baptist Training Foundation (GBTF) helped build a church in Guinea, just north of Liberia.

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…

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05/03/24 Classes, Buildings, and Opposition

Global Baptist Training Foundation (GBTF) African Director Fidele conducts a class of 73 pastors in Rwanda.

Every week is full of news and updates from Global Baptist Training Foundation. This week is no exception! Rwanda Fidele has a class of 73 pastors in Rwanda.  This is a completely new class from the recent Rwandan graduates.  A third class is planned in the next few weeks.  Fidele had a revival break out…

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01/23/24 Focus on Guinea

Workers for the Guinea church plant in January 2024 Global Baptist Training Foundation (GBTF)

Guinea was not on the list of countries where Global Baptist Training Foundation had plans to extend our training program for national pastors and church leaders.  But, pastors from Guinea began to cross the border to attend classes in neighboring Liberia.   GBTF work in Liberia is extensive. We have had two large graduating classes,…

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01/18/24 A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

Global Baptist Training Foundation (GBTF) instructor Fidele Shinga with Tanzania class.

As usual, this is an extremely busy season for Global Baptist Training Foundation. Here are some pictures with brief captions to catch you up!! Class awards in Tanzania. This course was taught last week by Fidele Shinga who is in Ethiopia teaching now. Pictures of Ethiopia to follow!! Bruce is teaching a group of about…

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09/22/23 A Very Busy Week!!

Bruce Snavely training 12 pastors to become Global Baptist Training Foundation (GBTF) instructors.

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…

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Groundbreaking in Guinea

Church plant in Guinea, started by pastors trained by Global Baptist Training Foundation (GBTF)

This is an over-flowingly joyous day. The church plant in Guinea, started by pastors trained by Global Baptist Training Foundation and pastored by a GBTF trained pastor, broke ground for their building today. After hundreds of church plants, what makes this one momentous?  We have a new partner committed to building church buildings in developing…

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