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10/16/2021 Another Milestone Approaching in Rwanda
Friday Afternoon the Rwandan pastors got one step closer to finishing their coursework with Global Baptist Training Foundation. They are predictably excited about receiving their official diplomas next February when we return for the last class. This is a task that we have been working on together for nearly ten years. About 25 pastors will…
10/12/2021 – Rwanda Classes resume
After a two year break due to Covid, classes have resumed in Rwanda. While about half of the pastors still cannot travel because of travel restrictions, finances, and lack of bus availability (due to labor shortages), nearly 40 pastors have made it to Kigali. They sang and praised the Lord for the ability to be…
09/29/2021 – Re-opening Congo classes
Perhaps you remember that we have held classes for several years in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Then the guerilla activity caused the US State Department to warn Americans to stay out of the area where we had been having classes each year. We have prayed for this country to re-open yo GBTF, and we…
09/10/2021 Kenya Encouragement
This week I have been in Kenya in our second classroom here with our East African GBTF trainer Fidele Shinga. It has been gratifying to see our first national at work in the classroom setting. In just 3 years we will train up to 500 pastors and leaders here in Kenya. Fidele represents what we…
09/08/2021 – Fidele Shinga
We have told you about Fidele Shinga. He is a full-time trainer for Global Baptist Training Foundation in East Africa. We have known and worked with Fidele for 10 years. He has translated for both of us, he has chauffeured us around Rwanda, he has travelled with Bruce to Liberia to teach pastors there. Fidele…
09/07/2021 – 55 Pastors in Kenya!
Both Bruce and Fidele are so enjoying teaching this group of about 55 pastors in Kenya, and the pastors are very enthusiastic about the training they are receiving! Fidele said that today he talked about the centrality of the blood of Jesus Christ throughout all the Bible. These pastors have no opportunity to go to…