Sudan
06/27/25 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…
Read More05/20/25 Sierra Leone, Buildings, Evangelism, Training
Add another country to the list of nations where Global Baptist Training Foundation trains national pastors and church leaders – Sierra Leone!! Fidele Shinga, GBTF African Director, Philip Willie, GBTF West Africa Director, and James Togba, GBTF West Africa Field Representative, traveled to Sierra Leone to start classes in two separate locations. They were met…
Read More04/20/25 Lots of Good News!
We are thrilled to report that our trainer’s family whose house was hit by a bomb in the crossfire of the civil war in the DRC (Congo) are beginning to leave the hospital. These pictures are in the hospital and will show the conditions there! The hospital would not allow any of them to…
Read More03/14/25 Classes, Classes Everywhere
Training nationals to train nationals means multiplication. That is obvious through the number of churches being planted AND in the numbers of pastors and church leaders being theologically trained. For example, here are a few of the Global Baptist Training Foundation classes this month alone. Zimbabwe Eswatini (Swaziland) GBTF is now operating in South Africa!…
Read More02/11/2025 Built, Building, Buildings
Built We have previously taken a good look back at 2024 and the mountain of blessings Global Baptist Training Foundation experienced. So much has been built: thousands trained last year, 88 national trainers, 455 churches plants through GBTF-trained pastors, about 50,000 coming to faith in Christ, about one half of those baptized and many…
Read More12/26/24 Good News for the End of 2024
With all the bad news in the world, Global Baptist Training Foundation would love to share some good news!! First, we are so excited to introduce Succeeded Snavely Shinga, newborn daughter of Fidele Shinga and his wife, Alice! Succeeded was born last week and was 5 weeks early! She had some breathing issues and…
Read More09/04/24 Another Week for GBTF
Each week, we have so many important events to share. We try to choose varied people, places, and events to show just how much intentional multiplication is taking place. Three Global Baptist Training Foundation trainers (Pastor Brite, Pastor Ntare, and Pastor Denis) held classes in Western Uganda last week. We are seeing not only pastors but…
Read More07/02/24 Quick Updates
So much happens in such a short period of time with Global Baptist Training Foundation. Here are just some of this week’s highlights: First, as you know from previous updates, Global Baptist Training Foundation-trained pastors are in the process of starting 405 new churches in Africa this year. This brings the total church plants to…
Read More05/15/24 Nationals Reproduce Teaching
Rwanda We continue to be encouraged as our 50 national trainers reproduce the training they have received. These classes occur every week all across Africa. Fidele had a large class in Rwanda. We have previously reported about the revival that broke out among these pastors. Below is a link to a video of these pastors…
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