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February 2022

01/28/2022 – GBTF 10 Year Anniversary in Rwanda

We are preparing for a party of four to journey to Rwanda two weeks from today – three teachers and a photographer/videographer! This is a very special week in Rwanda. It is the ten-year anniversary of Global Baptist Training Foundation in that nation. Even more exciting, over 50 pastors will complete all of our GBTF […]

01/15/2022 Tanzania Graduation

Congratulations to this group of pastors and church leaders who completed their second course this week in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, under the instruction of GBTF East Africa Trainer Fidele Shinga!

01/09/2022 GBTF on the Move in Africa

We had a disappointment this week – just a temporary one! Bruce’s flight to Liberia fell to the chaos that is air travel right now. After an entire day at the airport and trying every possible way to get him there even two or three says late, we had to finally realize the door was […]

12/21/2021 GBTF Congo Christmas

Global Baptist Training Foundation got a wonderful Christmas gift this week! Classes have resumed in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)! Fidele Shinga has nearly 100 pastors and pastors’ wives in his first class in his native country. We have, for years, talked about the intentional multiplication that happens when the nationals we have trained […]

11/13/2021 Tanzania Class

Global Baptist attaining Foundation is committed to training nationals and then having those nationals train other nationals! This plan is in full operation in East Africa where GBTF has a full-time trainer in Fidele Shinga. Fidele just completed a class in Tanzania. The Tanzanian pastors say they have been praying for 14 years for the […]

11/01/2021 Uganda Graduation

We completed our classroom in Entebbe last week. It was a productive week in every way. Friendships were renewed, new relationships were begun, and two new classes were completed in the training of these Ugandan pastors. It is the rainy season in Uganda, but we only had rain early in the mornings. Afternoons and evenings […]

10/21/2021 Uganda Class and the Importance of National Hosts

Ugandan pastors are nearing the end of a week in which they will complete two classes – Pastoral Administration taught by Dr. Larry Bazer and Acts taught by Dr. Bruce Snavely. This has been another big step forward for a group of pastors who have previously had little to no ability to study the Scriptures […]

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 […]

Global Baptist Training Foundation offers four levels of training in Hermeneutics, Basic Theology, Expositional Preaching, and Evangelism. For national pastors who desire training in the original biblical languages, we also offer extended training in this area. When it is possible to return to teaching sites twice a year, the training can be completed in as little as two years (without languages). ESL is also available to all of our students.

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