In August and September Strengthening Ministries Training Institute will be conducting some seminars that are designed to help Christians deal biblically and practically with various problems they will frequently encounter in their own marriages and in their attempts to help hurting people. In specifics, these seminars will discuss a biblical approach to preventing and resolving family conflicts, preparing for marriage God’s way, resolving husband and wife difficulties in the area of sex relations, handling family finances, divorce and remarriage issues, rediscovering biblical parenting, parent child difficulties and concerns, dealing with rebellious children, helping people who are involved in an unequal yoke situation, rebuilding a marriage after sexual immorality, restoring the romance in a marriage.

The main teacher for these seminars will be Dr. Wayne Mack. Dr. Mack was one of the counselors and teachers and Director of Counseling Services at Christian Counseling and Educational Foundation for 15 years. From there he became the Chairman of and developer of and professor in the Biblical Counseling Undergraduate and Graduate programs at The Master’s College and Seminary. In the early 1970’s he became one of the charter members and founders and board members of the National Association of Nouthetic Counselors (now the Association of Certified Biblical Counselors). In 2005 he was inducted into the highest level of this organization as he was granted the status of Member of the Academy of NANC. Dr. Mack has written 27 books on Christian life and Biblical counseling subjects. Many of these books were written about marriage and family issues. His doctoral thesis was devoted to marriage and family issues. He has been married to his wife Carol since 1957.

Over the years he has been invited to do seminars and teach Christian life, biblical counseling topics and marriage and family issues in many different countries of the world. Quite a few of his books have been translated into at least 8 different languages. In December of 2005 he and his wife moved to South Africa where he has been involved in teaching and doing Biblical Counseling since December of 2005. Dr. Mack now teaches at Strengthening Ministries Training Institute where the various courses that he developed and taught at CCEF and GSM now form the substance of the curriculum of that institution.