Liberia
03/29/2026 Training in Congo, Building in South Sudan, and Women’s Training in Liberia
Training continues around the continent of Africa. Recently, Jackson Katebera, Global Baptist Training Foundation National Coordinator for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), traveled to Katanga in South Kivu County. Jackson says that, despite the severe rain every day, 56 pastors attended and completed several courses in a 10 day period. (We often complete multiple classes…
Read More03/18/26 Liberia Trainer Training
GBTF Christian Apologetics Training – Liberia, West Africa by Pastor Ntare Rodgers, GBTF African IT Director The Global Baptist Training Foundation (GBTF) successfully conducted a Christian Apologetics training in Liberia, West Africa, from 16th–18th March 2026. A total of 183 participants were trained, including 105 men and 78 women. This training served as a powerful…
Read More11/09/25 GBTF Moves Into Restricted Access Nations
Since 2022, our 10 year plan has included holding theological training for pastors and church leaders in all 54 African countries. We are over the halfway point to that goal, and we are beginning to have open doors into restricted access nations. In October, James Togba, GBTF African Field Representative and At Large Board Member,…
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 More07/22/25 Bibles!!
Our primary mission at Global Baptist Training Foundation is to train nationals to train nationals. This is Biblical, practical, and it works!!! The GBTF curriculum includes theological content as well as practical ministry training. Once the GBTF students take the courses on church planting, they jump right in and begin starting new churches. …
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 More04/28/25 Liberia!!!
Global Baptist Training Foundation has been training national pastors and church leaders in Liberia for many years. In 2017, when GBTF began training large groups of pastors, one of the goals we set was to start 500 new churches in Liberia. This was a God-size goal! Millions of dollars had previously been sent…
Read More03/21/25 More updates
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…
Read More01/10/25 Taxes, Classes, and Other Great Events!
NOTE: 2024 Tax Receipts for GBTF donors have been issued! If you give online, your receipt came to your email in the past few days. It will be from Intuit. If you don’t find it in your inbox, check the junk mail folder! If you give through the mail, your receipt has been mailed to…
Read More01/17/25 A Great Start to 2025
We are thrilled to report that in the past two weeks, Global Baptist Training Foundation held five classes in 5 countries: Rwanda, Liberia, Tanzania, Burundi, and Congo. Hundreds of pastors have added to their course of training while working toward graduation. What a joy! In Liberia, Shinga Fidele, GBTF African Director, taught a…
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