Dear Praying Friends,
Greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. What a privilege to know Him and serve Him!
I’m writing this note to encourage you to praise God with us and also to ask you to pray for us. You may or may not know that we are involved in three related ministries in South Africa. One is the ministry of Grace School of Ministry, a ministry designed to equip men for Gospel ministry pastoring already established churches and planting new churches throughout Africa. Another is the development of Tsholofelo orphanages to give some of the millions of orphans in Africa an opportunity to be housed and trained in solid Christian homes. A third is our ministry along with Pastor Joel James in Grace Fellowship Church in Pretoria, RSA.
Grace Fellowship church is the church that sponsors and supervises all of these ministries along with annual Shepherd’s conferences in three locations and produces solid biblical materials (books, booklets, cd’s) for Christians throughout Africa.
In particular, I’m writing this note because I want you to praise God and pray with us for what is happening in connection with Grace School of Ministry. The course materials are prepared for the first classes scheduled to start in October of this year.
Northwest University in South Africa has agreed to allow us to teach the courses for which they will actually grant the Masters degree in Biblical Counseling to qualified students. Thus far we are very encouraged by the fact that we have had twenty seven people apply and be accepted for enrollment in our courses with more than seven others who are thinking very seriously about enrolling. To say that we are enthused about the potential for equipping people for effective ministry in South Africa through this school of ministry is an understatement of how we are thinking and feeling about this unique opportunity.
We are also rejoicing that our son Joshua and his family are planning to join us in all of these ministries in South Africa Joshua is finishing work on his doctorate at Southern Seminary and seeking to raise financial and prayer support so that he can become a vital part of all these ministries. Please pray that God could provide the necessary support as soon as possible and that God would raise up a pastor to replace him in his pastorate in Coopersburg, Pennsylvania. Please pray for Hanrias Brink, the elders and other members of Grace Fellowship Church in Pretoria who will provide leadership and direction for the Grace School of Ministry and the Tsholofelo orphanage ministry of Grace Fellowship Church.
Constructing all the necessary buildings for housing the orphans and hiring staff will also require funds. To this point the money for building one of the homes has been pledged, but we need others to help us with the finances for others. It is estimated that each home for seven or eight orphans will cost about $70,000. make these details a matter of prayer and consider helping us or encouraging others to partner with us in tangible ways.
Every blessing from God our Father, the Lord Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit.
Wayne and Carol Mack
Ephesians 3:20, 21
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August 25, 2006 at 2:45 pm
Marli
hey Dr Mack.
Im praying! Im praying! Im praying!
Regards
Marli
August 31, 2006 at 5:47 pm
rebecca
Dear Sir (and Ma’am):
Like Marli, we, your family in Manila, are praying, praying, praying!
May the Lord’s grace continue to abound to you!
September 1, 2006 at 3:24 am
themacks
Thanks Marli and Rebecca for your assurance of prayers. What could any believer do that is more importan t or helpful? What an encouragment to hear from you in this regards. May our Lord bless you abundantly/
September 25, 2006 at 4:21 pm
REV.KING
WORLD MISSIONS HARVESTERS, INC.
Calvary greetings in the name of our lord and savior Jesus Christ Amen.
How is the atmospheric condition of your state and family? Hope God is
in control, Glory be to him.
I will like to use this medium to introduce my self and the ministry.
By the grace of God am your beloved brother in Christ. The founder of
the afore mentioned ministry by name Reverend King Williams Ukoha, a
Nigerian, a full- time preacher with 8 years experience in the ministry.
Meanwhile I got your contact address through the net. and I was
impressed at your works so far.
WORLD MISSIONS HARVESTERS INC. is an inter-denominational, non-profit
organization, we are missions oriented, we organize seminars, grass
root evangelism and city-wide crusade. We also run a special retreat
called the soul healing project, through this program we reach-out to the
widows, orphans and the needy. By God’s grace, we have been of great
instrument in the hand of the lord in reviving and rehabilitating of many
lives in so many villages in West Africa such as Abam in Abia state,
Nigeria Lome in Togo, Port Novo in Benin Rep., Accra in Ghana.
My aim of writing to your organization/Church, over these years we
have been doing this work without any support from any
Organization/Government only on individual basis and this has posed a limit on our
outreach ministry and ever since we have been praying for partners, people
with same vision, who are willing to team-up with us in reaching out to
these dying souls here in Africa, by supporting us spiritually and
materially(with tracks, Bibles and Booklets). We will also like to host your
team here in Africa.
We will be glad to run this vision with your organization/Church.
Thanking you in anticipation of a favorable reply.
Yours in the Vineyard,
Rev. King Williams Ukoha.
March 17, 2007 at 9:00 am
peter Moore
Dear Wayne and Carol Mack
Your preaching of God’s Word has been a real blessing in the past. I attended to Waihola Christian camp several years ago and you spoke on Guidance and raising children. The church of which I am a member in Christchurch, Grace Baptist Church, has recently begun praying for the work in South Africa, especially the work that is being done through Constantia Park Baptist Church, where Martin Holdt is the pastor. It has been a real encouragement to learn of the usefulness of the Augustine Bookshop there. Martin Holdt has visited Christchurch in the past as well.
It is providential how things happen. I did not know that you were in South Africa and it was a wonderful surprise to find this out just yesterday. This is how I found out: I wanted to put a short excerpt from your book “Reaching the Ear of God”, and also some details concerning yourself, into our weekly church bulletin. I do something like this each week as a means to encourage the congregation to read and to get to know something of the national and international Christian scene, issues, news, mission etc. Well, I was so amazed to find that you are based in Pretoria as just last week, I ran an article regarding Constantia Park Baptist Church and included a map of the area around Pretoria. It’s a small world, but it just got smaller, for me in any case.
Are you associated in any way with Constantia Park Baptist Church? I would love to know.
Well, we shall be praying for the the work that you are involved in, in any case. How glorious to know that God is so pleased to use the preaching of His Word, coupled with the lives of His praying people. In this regard, I can’t help remembering your words from “Reaching the Ear of God”, where you say that there are two hundred names for God and every single one of them informs us specifically about the various attributes and character of God and how our increase in the knowledge of who God really is gives us greater confidence in Him because we see more and more of His greatness, wisdom, power and strength, for example. Surely, this ought to impact our lives in a major way, including our prayer lives. Oh, we of all people, appreciating the glorious, sovereign grace of God ought to be so willing to proclaim what we know, with joy and conviction and passion?
We will remember the work that you are doing there and in other places and that God would mightily bless, all for His glory. Please be encouraged in the work.
Warm affections in Christ
Peter G Moore