Sudan
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 More03/29/2026 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 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 More12/28/25 South Sudan
If you watch the news at all, you’ve heard about the war in Sudan. It is brutal and merciless. Since 2023, over 1.2 million people have immigrated from war-torn Sudan into South Sudan. Most of these people arrive in South Sudan with only the clothes on their backs. We are thrilled to report that Global Baptist…
Read More12/03/25 Kenya and South Sudan
At almost any given time, Global Baptist Training Foundation theological training classes are ongoing in countries across the continent of Africa! The class pictured here was in Kenya and ended about a week ago. Among this group is almost undoubtedly one or two future trainers. Trainers are those who have completed the GBTF curriculum and…
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 More07/09/25 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 More06/27/25 Life-Giving Water is Flowing in South Sudan
***As we begin this very exciting email, we ask for prayer for Pastor Ntare Rogers and another Ugandan pastor who were involved in a motorcycle crash yesterday. Bruce was on the phone with Ntare just an hour before the crash. [We were also able to talk to him in the hospital. We even were able…
Read More06/05/25 Evangelizing South Sudan
We remember just four years ago when a pastor from South Sudan heard about Global Baptist Training Foundation classes being held in Uganda. So, he traveled to attend. At the end of the week, this pastor stood up and passionately thanked GBTF for bringing this training that empowered nationals to more effectively minister in the…
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