Mercy Ministries

Mercy Ministries is an international, Christian and charitable organization that offers a six-month residential program for young women aged between 13 and 28 who struggle with various "life controlling" issues such as eating disorders, depression, self-harm, abuse issues, and drug and alcohol addictions.

Mercy Ministries take a pro-life and anti-gay stance in their faith-based approach, and as such, extend their program to offer women with unplanned pregnancies with alternatives to abortion, as well as treat women who identify as lesbian or who have sexual identity issues. In 2010, Mercy Ministries extended their program to work with victims of sex trafficking.

History and locations

Mercy Ministries was founded in 1983 by Nancy Alcorn.

Nancy Alcorn had previously worked for eight years as an athletic director at the Tennessee Department of Corrections, a correctional facility for juvenile delinquent girls, then moved on to supervise foster-care placements, working with the Emergency Child Protective Services unit investigating cases of abuse and neglect. She then moved on to a Director of Women role at the Nashville Teen Challenge program for two years. Alcorn opened the first Mercy Ministries home in West Monroe In 1983 (which until 1987 was better-known as "Covenant Ministries"). A second home was opened in Nashville in 1996 followed by new corporate headquarters in 2001.