Mercy Ministries
A Great Non Profit that Seeks to Make a Difference
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Mercy Ministries, is focused on helping the young women in its care find healing and wholeness. Young women come to Mercy Ministries by choice because they want help. Mercy Ministries does not charge any young women for its services. I think this aspect of the program is very important because I have heard countless stories of girls going to rehab to seek help and as soon as their insurance runs out, they are sent home before they have fully healed.
Mercy Ministries of America has provided hope and healing to generations of young women who are seeking freedom from life-controlling issues. Girls come to the Mercy homes struggling with eating disorders, self-harm, addictions, unplanned pregnancy, abuse, and depression. It serves a diverse population of young women from various socio-economic backgrounds, aged 13-28. Many of the girls who come to Mercy for help are facing a combination of these debilitating circumstances and have been in various treatment facilities with unsuccessful long-term results.
When girls apply to the program they go through a very careful intake process. Parents can’t send their daughters to Mercy, the girls have to have the desire to come and seek help. They receive a list of house rules and are told they have to work hard on their issues. The girls don’t have to be Christian to get admitted, but they are told upfront that it is a faith-based ministry. They are asked directly if they are willing to make the commitment. While the girls are in the program, they attend church twice a week and receive daily biblical counseling. The girls typically stay for about six months. Their time at Mercy will depend on the individual girl and how difficult her problem is and how quickly she is able to heal.
There are Mercy Ministries of America homes in Nashville, TN; Monroe, LA; and St. Louis, MO. At the beginning of 2009, another home is going to open in Sacramento, CA. There are also homes in five other nations across the world. The program uses a biblically based counseling model called, Choices that Bring Change. While in the program, the goal is to find out what the root of each girl’s problem is rather than treating symptoms. They also learn practical everyday skills, such as budgeting and finance, cooking, and many other life skills.
The Mercy Ministries Program continues to have amazing results! The ministry has been helping young women for 25 years and is still going strong. Over 2,000 girls have been through the program and there are currently over 700 girls on the waiting list. I would like to encourage you all to learn more about Mercy Ministries by visiting their website, http://www.mercyministries.org.
Keep watching for the online interview with Mercy Ministries we hope to have soon.
If you have the desire to help girls like Mercy Minstries does, donate directly to Mercy Ministries or start a NonProfit focused on your own dreams to help.
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