We are excited to announce our 2019 Annual ACBC Africa Conference, ‘Cracking the Hard Cases’, with guest speaker Dr Jim Newheiser from 7 – 10 August in Pretoria and 14 – 17 August in Cape Town. This year we will be dealing with pressing current issues such as Transgenderism, Same Sex Attraction, The Bible and Divorce and many others. As believers we need to ready give and answer on these issues.
Below you’ll find some information about our guest speaker. Please save the dates! You won’t want to miss this.
Guest Speaker: Dr Jim Newheiser
Dr Jim Newheiser is currently the Director of the Christian Counselling Programme as well as the Associate Professor of Counselling and Practical Theology at Reformed Theological Seminary in Charlotte, North Carolina. He is both a Certified Counsellor, Fellow and Board Member for The Association of Certified Biblical Counsellors (ACBC). He is presently serving as a Council Board Member for The Biblical Counselling Coalition, and he was formerly a Board Member with the Fellowship of Independent Reformed Evangelicals. Jim received his BA in Business Administration from Baylor University in Waco, Texas and then both his MA and D. Min from Westminster Seminary in Escondido, California.
Jim has served in the position of Pastor or Youth Leader/ Director at Grace Bible Church in Escondido, California, Calvary Covenant Church in Poway, California, International Christian Fellowship of Jeddah in Saudi Arabia, Believers Chapel of Dallas, Texas and Central Baptist Church of Waco, Texas.
Jim’s teaching experience includes international training trips to Korea, India, Spain, Germany, Qatar, Oman, Nigeria, Mexico and the Philippines. He has served as a lecturer in preaching and assistant to the director of the D. Min programme at Westminster Theological Seminary in California. Jim has served at the Institute for Biblical Counselling for 24 years and has been the director there for the past 12 years. Jim is an adjunct professor in the Biblical Counselling department at The Master’s University in California. Jim has written or contributed to 16 publications including numerous books in the Help! Mini series through Shepherd Press, several books on parenting such as When Good Kids Make Bad Choices, You Never Stop Being a Parent, and Parenting is more than a Formula. His most recent work was published through P&R Publishing and is entitled Marriage, Divorce and Remarriage— Critical Questions and Answers. Jim has also contributed to The Journal of Biblical Counselling, The Journal of Modern Ministry, Men Counselling Men, Christ Centred Biblical Counselling and Biblical Counselling and the Church.
Jim has been married to his wife, Caroline, since 1979 and they have three adult children.
Pretoria Conference
The conference will be held at Lynnwood Baptist Church in Pretoria, South Africa. The Pastor’s Pre-Conference will be on Tuesday 6 August, The Women’s Pre-Conference will be on Wednesday 7 August. The main conference, Cracking the Hard Cases, will start on Wednesday evening, 7 August, and run until Saturday 10 August.
Pre-Conferences
| Tuesday 6 August pastor’s pre-conference |
8:30 — 9:00 | Registration |
| 9:00 – 12:00 | Dr Newheiser—Helping Churches Wisely Deal with Domestic Abuse | |
| Wednesday 7 August women’s pre-conference |
8:30 — 9:00 | Registration |
| 9:00 – 12:00 | Caroline Newheiser—People Pleasing and Peacemaking |
Cracking the Hard Cases
| Wednesday 7 August main conference |
17:30 — 18:45 | Registration |
| 19:00 – 20:30 plenary |
Dr Mack—The Bible and Divorce Part 1 | |
| Thursday 8 Augsut | 11:00 — 12:15 | Registration |
| 12:30 – 13:45 plenary |
Dr Newheiser—Overcoming Same Sex Attraction | |
| 13:45 — 14:15 | Break | |
| 14:15 – 15:15 breakout |
Speaker 1: Alan Lester—Counselling Interracially
Speaker 2: Carol Mack—Helping Women Learn to be Nice |
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| 15:15 — 15:45 | Break | |
| 15:45 – 17:00 plenary |
Neil Henry—Helping to Avoid Ministry Failure | |
| 17:00 — 18:45 | Dinner | |
| 19:00 – 20:30 plenary |
Dr Newheiser—Ministering to the Sexually Abused | |
| Friday 9 August | 11:00 — 12:15 | Registration |
| 12:30 – 13:45 plenary |
Dr Mack—The Bible and Divorce Part 2 | |
| 13:45 — 14:15 | Break | |
| 14:15 – 15:15 breakout |
Speaker 1: Dr Newheiser—Parenting is More than a Formula
Speaker 2: Caroline Newheiser—Living with an Angry Husband |
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| 15:15 — 15:45 | Break | |
| 15:45 – 17:00 plenary |
Dr Newheiser—Dealing with the Transgender Issue | |
| 17:00 — 18:45 | Dinner | |
| 19:00 – 20:30 plenary |
Dr Newheiser—Ministering to the Sexually Abusing | |
| Saturday 10 August | 8:00 — 9:00 | Registration |
| 9:00– 10:15 plenary |
Dr Newheiser—Grandparenting | |
| 10:15 — 10:45 | Break | |
| 10:45 – 12:00 plenary |
Sybrand de Swardt—When the Children Rule the Home | |
| 12:15 — 12:30 | Break | |
| 12:30 – 1:30 plenary |
Dr Newheiser—Rebellious Children |
Cape Town Conference
The conference will be held at The Reformed Church of Hout Bay in Hout Bay, Western Cape, South Africa. The main conference, Cracking the Hard Cases, will start on Wednesday evening, 14 August, and run until Saturday 17 August.
Cracking the Hard Cases
| Wednesday 14 August | 17:30 — 18:45 | Registration |
| 19:00 – 20:30 plenary |
Dr Mack—The Bible and Divorce Part 1 | |
| Thursday 15 Augsut | 11:00 — 12:15 | Registration |
| 12:30 – 13:45 plenary |
Dr Newheiser—Overcoming Same Sex Attraction | |
| 13:45 — 14:15 | Break | |
| 14:15 – 15:15 breakout |
Speaker 1: Sybrand de Swardt—Getting to the Heart of the Matter
Speaker 2: Carol Mack—Helping Women Learn to be Nice |
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| 15:15 — 15:45 | Break | |
| 15:45 – 17:00 plenary |
Neil Henry—Helping to Avoid Ministry Failure | |
| 17:00 — 18:45 | Dinner | |
| 19:00 – 20:30 plenary |
Dr Newheiser—Ministering to the Sexually Abused | |
| Friday 16 August | 11:00 — 12:15 | Registration |
| 12:30 – 13:45 plenary |
Dr Mack—The Bible and Divorce Part 2 | |
| 13:45 — 14:15 | Break | |
| 14:15 – 15:15 breakout |
Speaker 1: Dr Newheiser—Parenting is More than a Formula
Speaker 2: Caroline Newheiser—Living with an Angry Husband |
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| 15:15 — 15:45 | Break | |
| 15:45 – 17:00 plenary |
Dr Newheiser—Dealing with the Transgender Issue | |
| 17:00 — 18:45 | Dinner | |
| 19:00 – 20:30 plenary |
Dr Newheiser—Ministering to the Sexually Abusing | |
| Saturday 17 August | 8:00 — 9:00 | Registration |
| 9:00– 10:15 plenary |
Dr Newheiser—Rebellious Children | |
| 10:15 — 10:45 | Break | |
| 10:45 – 12:00 plenary |
Sybrand de Swardt—When the Children Rule the Home |