Rwanda
04/11/26 South Sudan, Malawi, and Children in Rwanda
South Sudan is inhabited by people who fled war in Sudan. We have shared many stories from South Sudan (refugees, wells, poverty, pallets of clothes, etc). Now the fighting is moving from Sudan down into South Sudan. In the north, the fighting is heavy, and people are fleeing into hiding. This includes many of…
Read More03/09/26 Exciting Days Ahead
Report from Fidele SHINGA , GBTF Africa Director: GBTF Karongi (Rwanda) Class “The GBTF class in Karongi started with 67 students and ended with 96 students. The class was conducted from 2nd March to 6th March 2026. The lesson taught during this period was a survey of the Old Testament and the New Testament. The…
Read More02/25/26 Classes and Bibles
We ask for your prayer for a fundraiser being held Friday and Saturday of this week that will raise funding for Bibles for Africa. Generous GBTF donors have donated a huge houseful of a collector’s inventory. With the help of Grace’s amazing Bible study group of ladies, we will be selling a garage full…
Read More01/08/26 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 More10/29/25 Rwanda and Uganda
Rwanda has become an incredible center for Global Baptist Training Foundation training! In February of this year, we had the privilege of attending a graduation in Western Rwanda with over 100 pastors and church leaders completing the entire GBTF training program. Many of these graduates have gone on to further training to become national…
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 More10/07/25 Zambia
This past week, Global Baptist Training Foundation held regional training in Lusaka, Zambia! Two classes were actually held simultaneously! Dr. Bruce Snavely, GBTF Founder and President, taught Eschatology to 55 South African GBTF National Trainers. This is the second of three regional training sessions to train all of our over 200…
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 More07/30/25 Uganda Trip
We leave in less than 24 hours for a week of intense ministry in western Uganda! We will be traveling with one daughter, two sons-in-law, five grandchildren, and six other team members. Working with three of the church plants started by GBTF-trained pastors, we will go into schools and present the gospel to several…
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. …
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