10/14/25 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…

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07/09/25 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…

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06/27/25 Life-Giving Water is Flowing in South Sudan

GBTF trainer and church planter, Samuel Mambo is working in South Sudan June 2025

***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…

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06/05/25 Evangelizing South Sudan

Pastor Samuel is training other pastors and church leaders in South Sudan June 2025

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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05/20/25 Sierra Leone, Buildings, Evangelism, Training

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. 

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…

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04/20/25 Lots of Good News!

GBTF church plants in South Sudan is now complete!

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…

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03/14/25 Classes, Classes Everywhere

Global Baptist Training Foundation (GBTF) completed classes in Zimbabwe in March 2025

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!…

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02/11/2025 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…

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12/26/24 Good News for the End of 2024

Church plant in South Sudan December 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…

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09/04/24 Another Week for GBTF

Global Baptist Training Foundation (GBTF) Pastor Brite, Pastor Ntare, and Pastor Denis) held classes in Western Uganda last week

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…

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