Liberia
11/17/23 Training Trainers in East Africa
Last week, Global Baptist Training Foundation hosted 14 trainers from Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi, and Malawi. The training was held in southern Rwanda. This week’s new trainers received information and equipment necessary for their training sessions. Look for updates in the near future about these trainers. Some clips of their teaching are below.…
Read More09/28/23 Another Week in the Life of GBTF
Graduation in Liberia Global Baptist Training Foundation is proud to congratulate another graduating class in Liberia. To reach this point, these indigenous pastors have attended fourteen courses over the period of 2-3 years. They have completed course assignments, attended each session, and earned the diploma the received. This is HUGE for those who previously had…
Read More09/22/23 A Very Busy Week!!
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…
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 More03/30/2021 Graduation Day in Buchanan, Liberia
Today was the second graduation day for the Buchanan pastors. This classroom was small by comparison with thirty graduates. Many pastors were unable to travel because of travel costs to the classroom. It costs about $50 US for their expenses, and this time around, during Covid, they were just not able to get here. We…
Read More03/22/2021 Liberia 2nd trip concludes with new beginnings
We have safely returned by car to the capitol today from the Southeast after a grueling 14 hour drive. The trip included being stuck in the jungle mud for several hours before finally getting out and continuing our journey west to the capital. We were on muddy dirt roads aggravated by two days of early rainy season downpours…
Read More03/17/2021 Spreading the Gospel in Liberia
These pictures demonstrate an important element of what Global Baptist Training Foundation believes about our task as believers and church members. What is that? It is simply to reach nationals everywhere in the world with the gospel of Christ, train them with a solid Biblical theological education, and then support them as they raise up…
Read More03/15/2021 Liberia second class
The second class on the southern coast of Liberia started today in the city of Buchanan. This is the second of 14 classes each of these pastors will be required to complete in order to graduate with their Level 1 and Level 2 certificates. Today was a travel day for many of the men so…
Read More01/27/2021 New Opportunities in Liberia
This week I have had the privilege of speaking to a large delegation of Baptist churches here in the capital of Monrovia. It has been exhausting but the meetings have been well attended. By Thursday I will have taught 3 two hour morning sessions and preaches three two hour evening sessions. As you can see…
Read More01/22/2021 Graduation Day in Gbarnga, Liberia
The teaching week here in Gbarnga ended today with a total of 70 Liberians graduating from the latest level two classroom. Our study this week was in the New Testament book of Acts, and it proved to be a challenge to work through the entire 28 chapters in just five days! I took a picture of…
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