Rwanda

This week’s classes in Rwanda are almost completed.   The blessing of this amazing class of nations pastors has been doubled this week in many ways.  First, Dr. Larry Bazer has again joined Bruce in teaching.   So, the pastors get double the blessing in teachers! Because of Dr.Bazer teaching alongside “Dr. Bruce,” as the…

Rwanda is entering a new era of productivity and prestige.  Twenty-five years ago nobody would have ventured a Rwandan dollar that the nation would ever come back from near extinction.  In the summer of 1994, over a million Rwandan citizens lay slaughtered over the length and breadth of this small African state.  Genocide had, in…

Let me begin by asking a very simple question.  Should churches use their missions money wisely?  I’m sure everyone agrees that the answer is yes!  Let’s go a step further.  If there are numbers of indigenous believers on the ground on any mission field, why would we send a western missionary family halfway around the…

Today, Friday, October 19, was a banner day for Global Baptist Training Foundation and for more than 50 Rwandan pastors.  Today, in addition to a completion certificate for our “Evangelism and Church Planting” course, most of them received a graduation certificate for “GBTF Level One Theological Studies!”  These pastors have successfully completed all our level…

Bruce has sent a video introducing this important and exciting class in Kigali, Rwanda.   Here is a link to that video: In the video, Bruce mentions a big announcement.   This is amazing!   For seven years, Bruce has discipled the pastors of Rwanda.  The materials have been translated by Pastor Shinga Fidele. Fidele…

The July, 2018, class in Kigali, Rwanda, is now complete.  We are thrilled with what God is doing though Global Baptist Training Foundation around the world.   These pastors have gained knowledge and skill in handling the Word of God.  They leave each class with the admonition to train others with the materials placed in…

I’m in Kigali, Rwanda teaching a group of native pastors.  This is our sixth class, and it’s going well.  These pastors happen to be the replacement pastors for those killed in genocide in 1994.  Our host, Pastor Denys, himself a natural leader, and a miraculous survivor of the massacre, went out about a month after…

Here is video update from Rwanda: We are considering taking a team to Rwanda this October.   We have not made a final commitment until we see if we can get a team and some funding. As we mentioned earlier, Rwanda experiences a brutal rainy season this year. People died when their houses washed away. The church in Kigali where…

The Rwanda class is almost halfway completed. You can’t imagine how intelligently these pastors examine the theological and practical concepts they are learning!  It is pure joy!! Please see this link for a video segment of Q&A time today. Video Link: Thank you for your consistent support and prayer as we train national church leaders around the…

Rwanda 2018 has begun!  I always dread the long flights, but that part is over and my first day is about complete.  I began the day by preaching in the morning service for Pastor Fidele’s,  my translator, church.  I preached from Mark 5 on the story of Jairus.  His story shows us what genuine believing looks like. …