Sep 032017
 

Anger & Stress Management God's WayWayne Mack’s book Anger & Stress Management God’s Way is one of his most concise, practical and insightful works, yet seemingly has flown under the radar as one of his most overlooked works. It now has a new cover done by its new publisher, P&R Publishing. Discover Anger & Stress Management God’s Way as well as reduced prices on Dr. Mack’s instructional videos at NoutheticMedia.com.

Oct 192016
 

Christian Life Issues Volume 1

Volume 1 of Christian Life Issues is almost here!

Christian Life Issues by Dr. Wayne A. Mack presents a thorough understanding of the classic allegory The Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan. You will learn what the Bible says about how a person becomes a Christian and the true nature of the Christian life. Specifically, this book will address many topics fundamental to Christian living.

The first of  two volumes, Volume 1: The Beginning of the Journey focuses on subjects related to the beginning of the Christian Life. It contains an exposition and biblical application of chapters 1 through 5 of The Pilgrim’s Progress using Cheryl V. Ford’s excellent modern translation as our guidebook.

For more information and for purchase once the book is released next month, visit Nouthetic Media.

Jan 022015
 

Thank you so much our dear partners in ministry. Hope you had a wonderful Christ honoring Christmas and are looking forward to a Christ honoring new year.

I’m going to include a letter I recently sent out to a few brethren here in South Africa. Please pray about the matters it mentions. Our new SMTI two-year course starts in February. Thanks for prayers about that. We are expecting a good group of students.

Yesterday, I met with Dr. Robert Somerville (professor of biblical counseling at The Masters College and Seminary) yesterday for several hours. Bob, of course, has been a good friend since 1978 when we did the doctoral program at Westminster Theological Seminary together. He also had been on the NANC (now ACBC) board with me for many years. We discussed the whole concept of ACBC Africa with him. He thought it would be a great asset to the biblical counseling effort for us to move forward with an ACBC Africa. He personally didn’t think there would be any problem with us moving forward with this since I, as an Academy Member of ACBC, can direct the movement. We talked extensively about us becoming an affiliate of ACBC USA in Africa. He will take the matter to Dr. Heath Lambert (Executive Director of ACBC) and get back to me with a decision before our January Steering committee meeting, but he personally thought that it would be a great idea. Right now, I’m the only person in Africa who is qualified to supervise/mentor others into membership. To mentor, a person must at least be at the Fellow level of membership. Getting others to the Fellow level is something we need to work on. We have a few other people (pastors) who are academically and experientially qualified but still must pass the ACBC Fellows exam. So there is much to pray about!

Here is a note I received from a former student who is a pastor in Capetown. I thought you’d be interested and encouraged by it.

“I am very excited about ACBC – Africa. I am writing a blog post for the Biblical Counselling Coalition soon, would you like me to mention that ACBC Africa is being developed? It might be a nice opportunity to create more awareness for it. But I will only do so if you would like me to.

I am ACBC certified (Level 2) and am excited about bringing ACBC to Africa! Please let me know if I can serve in any way.

Finally, my church is bringing Dr Tim Lane out to Cape Town in October 2015 for a series of meetings. That might be something you and folk in your church might be interested in joining us for? I will email you and Tim Cantrell and Sybrand with more information about it.

It is wonderful to hear of all that you are doing in Pretoria. Thank you for coming to South Africa. Your ministry has changed my life, and and the lives of many others. I am grateful to God for you Dr Mack.”

Warmly in Christ,

Wayne Mack
SMTI
LBC
ACBC Member of the Academy

Oct 092013
 

We’re praising God that my book Preparing for Marriage God’s Way is back in print and available for purchase at a lower price than the first edition. Another praise item … the books God’s Solutions to Life’s Problems and The Fear Factor will also be printed early next year. All three are being published by P&R Publishing. Nouthetic Media, which sells all of my books as well as my audio and video resources, reports a very encouraging and enthusiastic response from churches, pastors and others who have already ordered my premarital book.

We’re back in the RSA

 Posted by on 07/21/2013  Ministry News
Jul 212013
 
Dear Brothers and Sister in Christ,

We arrived home the night of July 16 from our ministry trip to the USA and were greeted by Sybrand, Beth and Carol Marie at the airport. Since we didn’t sleep the whole trip on the airplane, we were glad to get a good night’s sleep in our own beds. The next morning we were greeted by the rest of the family in RSA and enjoyed some time with them. Christmas time for human giving and receiving all over again. Grandma and Aunt Connie had done some shopping while in the USA.We believe our trip to the USA was very productive and useful and extremely encouraging. Everywhere we went, in terms of the churches in Georgia, Arkansas, Texas, Ohio and Pennsylvania, the ministries seemed to be doing well, and we were very encouraged by what we saw the Lord doing. It was evident that almost every church was much into biblical counseling, which of course brought joy to our hearts. Almost every church had someone in charge of the biblical counseling area of ministry, which among other things demonstrated every church’s involvement in using and training biblical counselors. A few people in almost every church were certified by NANC, and others were in process.

In addition to the few churches I will mention, I could honestly tell you about the ministry of and devotion to faithful preaching, missions, discipleship and biblical counseling in the Bible Church of Little Rock, Arkansas (Pastor Timothy Senn, formerly Pastor Lance Quinn), Calvary Bible Church in Fort Worth (Pastor Daniel Kirk), Believer’s Fellowship (Pastor Bruce Blakey) and Redeemer Community Church (Elder Marshall Asher and Pastor Daniel Mollenkopf) in San Antonio, Texas, Cornerstone Bible Fellowship (Pastor Glenn Dunn) in Cleveland, Ohio, and Grace Fellowship (Pastor Chad Bennett, formerly Pastor Tedd Tripp) in Hazleton, Pa.

If I were to briefly describe what we experienced in each of these churches, the story I would tell would be quite similar to what I will describe about a few churches. I will comment on several churches as representative of the other churches in which we ministered this June and July. In terms of what I will share, I could say similar things about all of the churches and pastors and elders in which we had the privilege of ministering this summer. I’m sure that each of these churches have had and were experiencing some difficulties, but for the most part, what we saw and heard God doing was very uplifting and caused us to have a positive attitude toward the future of the church in the USA.

That the Bible Church of Little Rock is committed to a well-rounded ministry, including an emphasis on biblical counseling, is indicated by the fact that for a period of time I actually was asked by them to come to that church for two or three months out of the year and teach biblical counseling courses. Their commitment to biblical counseling is also demonstrated by the fact that Paul Hamline, a graduate of The Master’s College MABC program, is now on the pastoral staff. From the very beginning of our South African training ministry, this church along with several of the other churches has supported us in prayer and with finances. (A missions team from BCLR, pictured, arrived here over the weekend.)

The interest of another church, Faith Bible Church in Sharpsburg, GA (pastored by John Crotts), in biblical counseling is indicated by the fact that they are planning to construct an entire building that will be used for biblical counseling offices and training space for this and other ministries. I visited Faith Bible eight years ago when they were just moving into a new, and as i recall, a somewhat smaller building. Now they have a beautiful and rather large facility that was comfortably filled on the Sunday we were there. In early afternoon of that day, we met at Martha and Sanford Peace’s house and were encouraged by what we heard and saw the Lord doing through the ministry there. Pastor John is a warm, friendly and caring pastor, and the church seemed to reflect the same qualities. What we experienced with John was typical of what we experienced with all the pastors and elders. They all appeared to be shepherds who reflect the pastoral qualities of 1 Timothy 3 and 1 Peter 5. We praise God for the men in this church and the other churches we visited and hope that the Lord will raise up and equip more men of their quality.

While in the USA during June and part of July we spoke at a depression seminar sponsored by Faith Community Church in Woodstock, GA. On that occasion, we were greeted by a church full of people from that church and other local churches who were eager to hear what God’s Word had to say about depression and ministering to the depressed. That church is pastored by Shane Koehler, and again they have another man who is superintending the counseling ministry. They also have a ministry (dormitory and feeding and other physical facilities) for counseling and discipling drug addicts. This ministry is supervised by another man in their congregation who is wonderfully being used of the Lord in helping people put off their ungodly habits and replace them with righteous ones. Again, it was evident that the people loved their pastor and were devoted to joining with him and other leaders in their ministry. That church is so committed to the importance of biblical counseling (discipleship) that they sponsor counselor training conferences on a regular basis for the whole area. I have heard from others outside the church about the value and effectiveness of these conferences.

Providence Church mission teamAt the end of our 2013 ministry trip to the USA, it was our privilege to spend time with the pastor and some of the elders and people of Providence Church in Duluth, GA. Pastor Ty Blackburn and other elders along with numerous people of Providence are deeply in the ministry of discipleship/counseling. On two Sundays during our 2013 USA ministry, I preached in their Sunday services and was encouraged by their interest in hearing and applying God’s Word. Dr. Jack Enter, who is overseeing the Providence counseling ministry, and his wife, Barbara, are attending counseling courses this month at The Master’s College in Santa Clarita, CA. Barbara has already graduated from the program with her MABC, and she and another lady from Providence are certified as NANC counselors. Providence has sponsored biblical counseling courses and has had several people from the church attend the counseling courses conducted by Faith Baptist Church in Lafayette, IN, as well as the courses taught at the Woodstock, GA, church. A missions team from Providence (pictured) will visit us at Lynnwood Baptist Church next month and attend our Strengthening Ministries Training Institute counseling courses, which we are providing at LBC to equip pastors and other Christians in this region to do biblical counseling and discipleship.

As I close, I want to sincerely thank all of the churches and people that have and still do support us in various ways. God has continued to demonstrate his unmerited and wholly undeserved kindness to us by giving us faithful and loving churches and people who stand with us in our lives and ministry. Please remember to be in special prayer for our SMTI classes to be held next month and throughout the year. Please join us in prayer for our and our son-in-law’s and daughter’s various ministries at Lynnwood and for the Living Hope Church and 1hope4africa ministries overseen by our son Joshua and our daughter-in-law Marda. And join us in thanking God because the two procedures recently performed on me came back indicating that I don’t have the kind of cancer that two different doctors thought I might have. And if you will, please pray that we might use whatever life the Lord gives us until our dying day in a faithful and enthusiastic manner.

We love you in Christ,

Wayne (and joined by Carol) Mack
Some favorite verses: Jude 24, 25, Romans 14:7, 8