11/06/24 Stories from Tanzania

Deudi (David) is a Maasai man received Jesus Christ as Savior November 2024. GBTF's Bruce and Fidele shared God's love for him.

Last week in Tanzania, Global Baptist Training Foundation joined forces with a team from Two Cities Church in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.  The team did street and home evangelism alongside pastors, leaders and members of two GBTF church plants –   Mount Faraja Baptist Church and Emmanuel Baptist Church, both in the greater Dar es Salaam…

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11/01/24 Amazing News from Tanzania

Global Baptist Training Foundation (GBTF) instructors Bruce, Fidele, and Naboth providing training to pastors to be trainers in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania!

Our GBTF team and a group from Two Cities Church in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, have just completed a week of exciting ministry in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania!   During the week, Bruce and Fidele, GBTF African Director, continued training a group of Tanzanian national trainers.  We were able to take iPhones, projectors, shirts, business cards, and…

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10/18/24 More Signs of Growth

The Kyela class had about 83 in attendance and was taught by Pastor Hezron, Tanzania Coordinator for GBTF.

There was a time when we held 8-10 Global Baptist Training Foundation classes per year and were overjoyed.  Now we have that many classes in a month.  Pictured here are just two current classes:  Western Rwanda and Kyela, Tanzania. The Western Rwanda class is taught by Pastor Francois, the brother of Fidele Shinga!   This class…

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10/12/24 GBTF New Babies – Physical and Spiritual

Global Baptist Training Foundation (GBTF) trainer and church planter Brite and Mercy Atusasire new baby.

We are so excited to see Global Baptist Training Foundation growing in many ways – new countries, new classes, new staff positions, and new babies! Brite Atusasire, GBTF Trainer and church planter in Uganda, and his wife, Mercy, welcomed their first child last week.  Truth Malawi is also the first grandchild for Naboth (GBTF East…

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09/24/24 Classes, Bibles, and Surgery

Global Baptist Training Foundation (GBTF) is distributing Bible in Tanzania in September 2024.

We have always believed that Global Baptist Training Foundation has the best donors in the world!  The past couple of weeks have again shown this to be true. Here are some of the things our GBTF donors have done: Patrick Walyaula’s surgery was paid by a GBTF donor.  We are thrilled that the surgery was…

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07/19/24 2nd Quarter Report – Part 1

We are beginning to get reports from the church plants that have been started by GBTF-trained pastors for the second quarter of 2024.   While the results are incomplete, we could not wait to share these initial numbers.    We will update again as more reports come in. This chart indicates that just 100 of…

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06/06/24 Classes, classes, classes

Summer is not a time to take a break for Global Baptist Training Foundation.   We often say we are in a period of intentional and intense multiplication.   For example, here is just a partial list of classes being taught this month!  Everything from Interpretation of Scripture to higher level courses like Soteriology are…

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04/18/24 Powerful Results for GBTF in Africa Increasing

Global Baptist Training Foundation (GBTF) Ethiopia baptism candidates.

Global Baptist Training Foundation exists to take theological training to pastors and church leaders with cost to them.  The layers of results from that training continues to expand rapidly.  We have now received a report for the first quarter of 2024 from East Africa where GBTF-trained pastor are currently planting 300 new churches.  These churches…

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03/17/24 Tanzania Trainer Training

Global Baptist Training Foundation (GBTF) instructor training of 20 pastors with Dr. Bruce Snavely and Fidele Shinga in Tanzania in March 2024

Last week, Bruce traveled to Tanzania (along with two of our sons-in-law) to train Global Baptist Training Foundation national trainers. These are pastors who have completed our GBTF curriculum and now wish to train others through GBTF. We had 20 trainers from Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Kenya, and Ethiopia, Burundi, and Democratic Republic of Congo. The…

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01/18/24 A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

Global Baptist Training Foundation (GBTF) instructor Fidele Shinga with Tanzania class.

As usual, this is an extremely busy season for Global Baptist Training Foundation. Here are some pictures with brief captions to catch you up!! Class awards in Tanzania. This course was taught last week by Fidele Shinga who is in Ethiopia teaching now. Pictures of Ethiopia to follow!! Bruce is teaching a group of about…

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