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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 […]

03/22/2021 Liberia 2nd trip concludes with new beginnings

We have safely returned by car to the capitol today from the Southeast after a grueling 14 hour drive. The trip included being stuck in the jungle mud for several hours before finally getting out and continuing our journey west to the capital. We were on muddy dirt roads aggravated by two days of early rainy season downpours […]

03/30/2021 Graduation Day in Buchanan, Liberia

Today was the second graduation day for the Buchanan pastors. This classroom was small by comparison with thirty graduates. Many pastors were unable to travel because of travel costs to the classroom. It costs about $50 US for their expenses, and this time around, during Covid, they were just not able to get here. We […]

03/17/2021 Spreading the Gospel in Liberia

Current Church Planters These pictures demonstrate an important element of what Global Baptist Training Foundation believes about our task as believers and church members. What is that? It is simply to reach nationals everywhere in the world with the gospel of Christ, train them with a solid Biblical theological education, and then support them as […]

03/15/2021 Liberia second class

The second class on the southern coast of Liberia started today in the city of Buchanan. This is the second of 14 classes each of these pastors will be required to complete in order to graduate with their Level 1 and Level 2 certificates. Today was a travel day for many of the men so […]

01/27/2021 New Opportunities in Liberia

This week I have had the privilege of speaking to a large delegation of Baptist churches here in the capital of Monrovia. It has been exhausting but the meetings have been well attended. By Thursday I will have taught 3 two hour morning sessions and preaches three two hour evening sessions. As you can see […]

01/22/2021 Graduation Day in Gbarnga, Liberia

The teaching week here in Gbarnga ended today with a total of 70 Liberians graduating from the latest level two classroom. Our study this week was in the New Testament book of Acts, and it proved to be a challenge to work through the entire 28 chapters in just five days! I took a picture of […]

01/19/21 – Liberia 2021 kicks off!

Armed with a negative Covid test, Bruce took off for Liberia. When he arrived, he experienced chaos and long lines. After about 2 hours in the airport (after already traveling for 27 hours), he had to pay for and take a new Covid test. When that test was negative, he was finally released. He was […]

01/11/2020 Liberia 2020 class #1 Graduation

On Friday afternoon we saw 71 pastors and 1 pastor’s wife receive their certificates for finishing the coursework in Pastoral Leadership and Church AdminIstration. This had been a requested course, so it was well received and, consequently, the work level was heightened. The total number of participants was about 80, so the success rate was […]

01/06/2020 Kick off 2020 with Liberia

Today we began our eighth Liberian classroom. It remains one of our most vibrant and exciting classrooms globally. We have been anticipating anywhere from 65 to 100 pastors from all over the country and won’t know our total until Tuesday at day’s end. As we taught Pastoral Leadership and Church Administration today, I was reminded […]

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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