Indigenous: Missions Aimed at Training National Pastors Globally

by Bruce Snavely, Michael Woodward (Foreword by)

Overview

The missionary endeavor is as ancient as the Word of God. Our task to make him known, to bring joy to the nations and glory to God, identifies us as his people. Our job must never change until he comes again to reign on this planet. Until then we must keep the essence of his commission as simple and straightforward as possible. There is nothing simpler than the message Paul gave to Titus on the little island of Crete nearly two millennia ago. May our generation obey this once again.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781532699122
Publisher:	Wipf & Stock Publishers
Publication date:	11/27/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	102
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Bruce Snavely has served as a missionary church-planter, pastor, and a college and seminary professor, and presently takes theological training to indigenous pastors through the foundation he began, Global Baptist Training Foundation(www.gbtf.net).

For twenty years, he served in Canada starting and pastoring churches. Since 2001, he has taught on the university and graduate levels. Snavely earned a master of divinity degree from Moody Theological in 1999 and a PhD in historical theology from the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom in 2007.

Snavely continues to teach as an adjunct professor, and, through Global Baptist Training Foundation, trains groups of pastors in Africa, Asia, and Central America. He is married to Grace, and they have four married children and twelve grandchildren.

Bruce Snavely has served as a missionary church-planter, pastor, and a college and seminary professor, and presently takes theological training to indigenous pastors through the foundation he began, Global Baptist Training Foundation(www.gbtf.net).

For twenty years, he served in Canada starting and pastoring churches. Since 2001, he has taught on the university and graduate levels. Snavely earned a master of divinity degree from Moody Theological in 1999 and a PhD in historical theology from the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom in 2007.

Snavely continues to teach as an adjunct professor, and, through Global Baptist Training Foundation, trains groups of pastors in Africa, Asia, and Central America. He is married to Grace, and they have four married children and twelve grandchildren.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

“Fifteen years of civil war devastated our country and its people. After twenty years of prayer, spiritual renewal has begun in the training and multiplication of our national pastors and churches. Something is happening here in Liberia that is beyond what we have could ever have hoped for through our Christian leaders being equipped through GBTF. God has empowered us from within our own borders!”

—James Togba, Field Coordinator, African Baptist Mission of Liberia



“In the wake of our national genocide in 1994, I personally assisted our churches in replacing slain pastors with faithful yet untrained men to carry on scores of devastated churches. In 2012, I was introduced to Dr. Snavely, and the Global Baptist Training Foundation, who believes in the power of training nationals. The equipping and empowerment of our indigenous leaders have eternally transformed our movement.”

—Denys Rutayigirwa, President and Legal Representative, Baptist Union of Churches in Rwanda



“As a native Christian and minister in Myanmar, I have come to recognize that our national believers must assume responsibility for reaching our nation for Christ. We can no longer depend on or expect Westerners to come and evangelize our culture as effectively as we can ourselves. The time has come for us to reach our own nation with the gospel. With organizations like Global Baptist Training Foundation to assist us with preparation, our pastors are starting new church plants among our people in the north.”

—Thang Dong Lian, pastor, Biblical Baptist Church, Yangon, Myanmar



“Paul told Titus to appoint elders in every city on the island of Crete. . . . Two thousand years later, God’s plan to reach the nations still hasn’t changed! There is still an urgent need to train local, indigenous church-planting pastors who can carry the gospel message most effectively among their own people. This much-needed book sounds a clear call to align our twenty-first-century missionary strategies with the strategy seen in the pages of the New Testament. This is a book every pastor and missions pastor should read!”

—Scott Wilson, Lead Pastor, First Baptist Church, Melbourne, FL



“Every church must be committed to local and global missions, taking the gospel to our neighbor and the nations. Dr. Bruce Snavely knows what it takes to get the gospel to those all over the world. This book is an excellent resource for pastors and those in the pew with a heart for world missions. It clearly shows why and how to equip local leaders to plant and pastor churches. I highly recommend it!”

—Kyle Mercer, Lead Pastor, Two Cities Church, Winston-Salem, NC

Editorial Reviews

Fifteen years of civil war devastated our country and its people. After twenty years of prayer, spiritual renewal has begun in the training and multiplication of our national pastors and churches. Something is happening here in Liberia that is beyond what we have could ever have hoped for through our Christian leaders being equipped through GBTF. God has empowered us from within our own borders!”

—James Togba, Field Coordinator, African Baptist Mission of Liberia



“In the wake of our national genocide in 1994, I personally assisted our churches in replacing slain pastors with faithful yet untrained men to carry on scores of devastated churches. In 2012, I was introduced to Dr. Snavely, and the Global Baptist Training Foundation, who believes in the power of training nationals. The equipping and empowerment of our indigenous leaders have eternally transformed our movement.”

—Denys Rutayigirwa, President and Legal Representative, Baptist Union of Churches in Rwanda



“As a native Christian and minister in Myanmar, I have come to recognize that our national believers must assume responsibility for reaching our nation for Christ. We can no longer depend on or expect Westerners to come and evangelize our culture as effectively as we can ourselves. The time has come for us to reach our own nation with the gospel. With organizations like Global Baptist Training Foundation to assist us with preparation, our pastors are starting new church plants among our people in the north.”

—Thang Dong Lian, pastor, Biblical Baptist Church, Yangon, Myanmar



“Paul told Titus to appoint elders in every city on the island of Crete. . . . Two thousand years later, God’s plan to reach the nations still hasn’t changed! There is still an urgent need to train local, indigenous church-planting pastors who can carry the gospel message most effectively among their own people. This much-needed book sounds a clear call to align our twenty-first-century missionary strategies with the strategy seen in the pages of the New Testament. This is a book every pastor and missions pastor should read!”

—Scott Wilson, Lead Pastor, First Baptist Church, Melbourne, FL



“Every church must be committed to local and global missions, taking the gospel to our neighbor and the nations. Dr. Bruce Snavely knows what it takes to get the gospel to those all over the world. This book is an excellent resource for pastors and those in the pew with a heart for world missions. It clearly shows why and how to equip local leaders to plant and pastor churches. I highly recommend it!”

—Kyle Mercer, Lead Pastor, Two Cities Church, Winston-Salem, NC

From the Publisher