Randy Patten
Executive Director, National Association of Nouthetic Counselors
Randy is the Executive Director of NANC, a position he has served in since 1997. In this capacity, he oversees NANC’s efforts to certify individual biblical counselors as well as biblical counseling training centers. He also served as a Senior Pastor for twelve years, followed by twelve years as a pastor to pastors and consultant to churches. Randy served as a trainer and counselor at Faith Biblical Counseling Ministries in Lafayette, Indiana for over twenty-four years. Randy and Cindy have been married for forty-one years and have two adult married children and six grandchildren. They all live in the Indianapolis area and are members of College Park Church.
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The NANC Leadership Transition, Part Two: A BCC Interview with Randy Patten
In this BCC three-part Grace & Truth blog mini-series, we will be interviewing Heath Lambert, Randy Patten, and Steve Viars (who served as the Chair of the Transition Committee). Today in...
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Mr Patten You were at Maranatha Bible Church today, and my girl friend did not get a chance to get a copy of the book you were signing. I would like to get a signed copy for her, you can reach me at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) thanks.
Thanks Randy Patten for such great advice. I will definitely implement some of you pointers!!!





Randy was my supervisor during my certification, and his love for Christ was so evident in every session as he labored to improve my counseling! His absolute trust in the sufficiency of scripture was such an encouragement to me. Thanks to Randy investing himself into helping me grow and change in my counseling, by the grace of God, my dear counselees have benefited too. But maybe most touching to me has been the shepherd’s heart Randy has displayed in serving my own family and my own church with his wisdom and compassion. I loved how Heath yesterday highlighted Randy’s humility - all of NANC has benefited as God gave grace to this humble man. We are looking forward to years and years of leadership characterized by that type of humble service and love for Christ. Praying for all the Pattens and al the Lamberts and thanking God for Randy and Heath!