Uganda
12/19/23 Drop a Pebble in the Water
James Foley wrote, “Drop a pebble in the water: just a splash, and it is gone; But there’s half-a-hundred ripples circling on and on and on, Spreading, spreading from the center, flowing out to the sea. And there is no way of telling where the end is going to be!” When we first founded Global…
Read More12/12/23 GBTF National Trainers in Uganda and Sudan
Our vision for training nationals to train nationals is in full force! You see reports of Shinga Fidele, our East Africa Trainer, holding classes in many East African countries. We also have very active trainers in Uganda. Pastor Naboth is holding a GBTF class in Western Uganda with 29 students. This is how…
Read More12/01/23 What Do Your Donations Accomplish?
As we begin the last month of the year, we want to thank our donors for faithful, generous, and sacrificial giving to help train nationals and spread the gospel! What do your donations accomplish? 2. Supporting national trainers who are taking the GBTF training into nations, some of which we could not even get into…
Read More11/17/23 Training Trainers in East Africa
Last week, Global Baptist Training Foundation hosted 14 trainers from Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi, and Malawi. The training was held in southern Rwanda. This week’s new trainers received information and equipment necessary for their training sessions. Look for updates in the near future about these trainers. Some clips of their teaching are below.…
Read More09/28/23 Another Week in the Life of GBTF
Graduation in Liberia Global Baptist Training Foundation is proud to congratulate another graduating class in Liberia. To reach this point, these indigenous pastors have attended fourteen courses over the period of 2-3 years. They have completed course assignments, attended each session, and earned the diploma the received. This is HUGE for those who previously had…
Read More09/22/23 A Very Busy Week!!
A lot is going on this week with Global Baptist Training Foundation. When we talk about intentional multiplication, this email will show you just how wide and quickly that multiplication is taking place with training, new trainers, church plants, and people coming to the Lord and being baptized. LIBERIA Bruce is in Liberia giving advanced…
Read More09/04/23 National Training Nationals
Global Baptist Training Foundation’s classes around the world bring college level theological training to pastors and church leaders who have no access to or ability to pay for such education. Most of the donors who fund the GBTF training have caught a vision for what is possible when you equip, motivate, and mobilize indigenous trainers…
Read More07/30/23 Uganda Graduation
We had a second graduation last week in Uganda. While this was a smaller graduation than Tanzania, it was just as meaningful. We had several testimonies from men who had prayed for training and see GBTF as the answer to that prayer. Several of these pastors, including Gilbert Ochecka (see attached video) and Pastor Naboth…
Read More06/25/23 GBTF Work Going Forward Across Africa
We are thrilled at what GBTF-trained nationals are doing all over the continent of Africa. Global Baptist Training Foundation’s mission is to train nationals to train nationals. We call this intentional multiplication. We train one pastor thoroughly and watch him go out to train others, plant new churches with pastors who are GBTF trained as…
Read More03/12/23 Uganda Class Completion
The GBTF classes in Uganda have wrapped up. These were the final two classes in our curriculum. Most of these 50 pastors will graduate in July. To say they are excited is an understatement! Now Dr Bruce Snavely and Dr Larry Bazer are on to Tanzania where this week, the pastors will also finish two…
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