Founder and President of Mercy Ministries, Nancy Alcorn, Appointed to ECFA Board of Reference

Nancy Alcorn Joins Prominent Christian Leaders as an Ambassador for Financial Accountability in Leading Christian Nonprofit Organizations

NASHVILLE, Tenn., Feb. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Nancy Alcorn, Founder and President of Mercy Ministries, will join leaders from an array of Christian nonprofits and ministry executives whom the ECFA (Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability) has selected to serve on its Board of Reference, the organization announced yesterday.

This advisory panel supports ECFA leadership in its mission to help Christ-centered, nonprofit groups maintain financial and ethical best practices essential to earn and keep the public's trust.  The Board of Reference will provide vital feedback to the organization and serve as its ambassadors.

"Mercy Ministries is honored to be a member of the ECFA, and as Founder and President of Mercy Ministries, I have been pleased to communicate our membership in ECFA to supporters, friends, clients served and potential donors.  We work diligently to operate above reproach, with full transparency and many checks and balances, and being a member of ECFA helps us accomplish these purposes.  I am honored to be asked to serve on the ECFA Board of Reference for a three-year term," said Nancy Alcorn.

Nancy Alcorn will join paramount Christian leaders such as Franklin Graham, president and CEO of Samaritan's Purse and the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association; Stephen Douglass, president of Campus Crusade for Christ; and Raleigh Washington, president and CEO of Promise Keepers, in supporting ECFA leadership in its mission.

"Each person on the ECFA Board of Reference provides us with immeasurable wisdom and ministry practice to enhance our services to churches, parachurch ministries and other evangelical nonprofits," said Dan Busby, ECFA president.

Mercy Ministries, founded in 1983 by Nancy Alcorn, is a free-of-charge, voluntary, Christian residential program serving a diverse population of young women from various socio-economic backgrounds, ages 13-28, who have been physically and sexually abused, including victims of sex trafficking as well as those who face life-controlling issues such as eating disorders, self-harm, drug and alcohol addictions, depression, and unplanned pregnancy. Mercy Ministries consistently exceeds industry standards for financial accountability, fundraising and board governance.  For more information about Mercy Ministries and Nancy Alcorn, please visit www.mercyministries.com.

ECFA, founded in 1979, provides accreditation to leading Christian nonprofit organizations that faithfully demonstrate compliance with the ECFA standards pertaining to financial accountability, fundraising and board governance. For more information about ECFA, including accreditation and a listing of ECFA-accredited members, visit www.ecfa.org

Bios and photos of all Board of Reference members can be found at http://www.ecfa.org/Content/Board-of-Reference.

SOURCE Mercy Ministries of America