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Dr. and Mrs. Wayne Mack
EDUCATION
- Wayne is a graduate of Wheaton College (BA); the
Philadelphia Seminary (MDiv, Greek); the Westminster Theological
Seminary (D.Min - Research project on marriage and family counseling).
- He has also been involved extensive graduate studies
in various subjects at several graduate schools (psychology at
LaSalle University; counseling, theology and church history at
Eastern Baptist Seminar; theology and Bible subjects at Wheaton
graduate school and Trinity Evangelical Seminary).
FAMILY
- Wayne has been married to his wife, Carol, since
1957. They have four adult children, three daughters-in-law and
13 grandchildren.
EXPERIENCE
- From 1958 to 1976 Wayne served as a
pastor in local churches. From 1976 to the present he has taught
college and graduate school courses in biblical counseling at The
Master's College and Seminary; Westminster Theological Seminary,
Biblical Seminary and the Christian Counseling and Educational
Foundation.
- During this time, Wayne has conducted seminars
and conferences all over our country and around the world. He
has also functioned as the Director of a Counseling Center and
Training School and done extensive counseling.
- For most of this period of time (1976 to the
present) Wayne has been an elder in a church, formerly in Grace
Community Church where he also served as a pastor of one
of the fellowship groups, and more recently in Grace
Fellowship Church of the Lehigh Valley in PA where his son
Joshua was pastor.
In January 2006 he and Carol moved to Pretoria, South Africa, where
he resides nine months out of the year, so that Wayne could teach
biblical counseling to pastors and aspiring pastors in the region.
In Pretoria, Wayne is an elder of Grace
Fellowship, pastored by Joel James, and is
on the board of Tsholofelo orphanage. Carol regularly
teaches women's bible studies in South Africa and is very
involved in the counseling ministry along with Wayne. In June
2007, the Macks were joined at GFC-Pretoria by their son Joshua,
who serves as co-pastor and as spiritual director of the
orphanage. In the three months of the year that Wayne teaches
in the USA, he and Carol are based out of the Bible Church of
Little Rock, Arkansas.
- Wayne continues to teach counseling modules
to graduate students each July at The
Master's College in Santa Clarita, California, where beginning
in 1992 he planned and supervised the development of the MA program
in biblical counseling in which presently more than 200 students
are enrolled.
- Wayne is a charter member of the National
Association of Nouthetic Counselors (NANC - founded in
the early part of the 1970s). For much of this time, he has
served as an executive board member and in 2006 was inducted
as a Member of the Academy. Wayne speaks regularly
at NANC's annual national conference.
- Wayne serves on the board of FIRE (Fellowship
of Independent Reformed Evangelicals) and on the Board of Directors
of Publicaciones Faro de Gracia.
- Through Strengthening
Ministries International, he seeks to strengthen
churches and Christians by developing and distributing
biblically based practical books, audio and video tapes on counseling,
theological and Christian living subjects.
PUBLICATIONS
- Wayne has written many magazine articles that
have been published in Reformation Today, The Journal of Pastoral
Counseling, The Journal of Biblical Counseling and The Master's
Journal.
- He has written more than 20 books including Strengthening
Your Marriage; Your Family God's Way; Preparing for Marriage
God's Way; Sweethearts for A Lifetime; Homework Manual for Biblical
Living, Volumes 1 and 2 and 3; Life in the Father's House; An
Introduction to Biblical Counseling (with John MacArthur); Twin
Pillars of the Christian Life; The Role of Women in the Church;
God's Solutions to Life's Problems; The Fear Factor; Down But
Not Out; Out of the Blues; Anger and Stress Management God's
Way; True Success and How to Attain It; To Be or Not To Be a
Church Member: That is the Question; Humility: A Forgotten Virtue;
A Fight to the Death; Reaching the Ear of God; The Biblical Concept
of Church Discipline; To God Be The Glory; You Can Overcome Interpersonal
Problems; How to Overcome Despondency. Wayne has also contributed
chapters to the book The Sufficiency of Scripture and several
other books.
- Wayne has produced numerous audio and video tapes
on various subjects. Included among the audio and video tapes
on various subjects are many entire counseling courses and Christian
Living Courses. All of these are available and are distributed
by Strengthening Ministries
International, Box 249, Center Valley, PA 18034, email - strengtheningmin@aol.com;
telephone 610-282-5532; fax - 610-282-5533.
- Presently, Wayne devotes some of his time to writing
additional material (books, articles, audio and video tapes, web
site information) for strengthening and equipping the church for
the work of ministry and for building up the body of Christ (Ephesians
4:12).
- Mrs. Carol Mack has spoken and participated in
many marriage and family seminars and retreats for women.
She has addressed such topics as "Taming the Tongue,"
"How to handle Stress before it handles you," "How
to be a Fulfilled and Fulfilling Wife, "Mothering God's Way,"
" "How to be content", "The Disciplines of
a Godly Woman", "Developing an Attitude of Gratitude"
and many other topics.
- Mrs. Mack has served as a pastor's wife for
many years and has been a spiritual mentor for many younger ladies
whose husbands were in seminary or in the pastorate. She regularly
teaches women's bible studies in South Africa and is very
involved in the counseling ministry along with Wayne.
- She is a graduate of Wheaton College, and since
graduating from college, has taken numerous courses on educational
subjects and on Biblical Counseling.
- Prior to and after the child bearing and rearing
family life period, she served for many years as a teacher, mainly
in Christian schools. Her ministry of counseling women and children
has been greatly blessed of the Lord, with many women seeking
her out for direction and assistance on many problematic issues.
- While her husband was teaching at The Master's
College she met weekly with the wives of seminary students to
disciple and counsel them. As mentioned previously, Dr. and Mrs.
Mack were married in 1957 and have four children and presently
have 13 grandchildren.
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