This is a local church looking at their mission’s dollars differently. We need to take the gospel where it has never been heard. But in many areas of the world, native Christians simply need to be equipped and empowered. They already know the language, understand the culture, and love the people. Since 2012, Global Baptist Training Foundation has taught hundreds of indigenous pastors and church leaders in East Asia, Africa, and Haiti.
We train indigenous national pastors and enable these men to train other native men far more quickly and effectively. One national pastor can share their training with ten men in his church or other leaders that are raised up under his own ministry, who then can train others also. This enables exponential expansion instead of growth by mere addition.
Because training is all we do, the return on the mission dollars sent through Global Baptist Training Foundation offer a high return on the investment. We strongly encourage indigenous Christians to begin immediately sharing their training with others and utilizing their training by equipping others. When you connect by giving to GBTF, you are targeting the bulls-eye of the missions mandate.
Westerners are no longer as respected or as welcome as they once were globally. This trend will likely not change much over the next several decades. This puts more responsibility for the evangelization and training of spiritual leaders upon the nationals. Global Baptist Training Foundation is committed to training the indigenous pastors, church leaders, and teachers as we labor together for the cause of Jesus Christ.