Agape Nursing Model for Christian Nurses

Today’s guest, Nancy Eckerd, MS, RN, brings decades of experience in nursing, missions, and mentoring. She’s served across the globe—from Africa to Asia to Central America—leading medical missions that care for both body and soul. As an adjunct professor and author, Nancy equips the next generation through her work on the Agape Nursing Model and Nursing for the Kingdom of God, published in the Journal of Christian Nursing. Her model is used in nursing programs and highlighted in Nursing as Ministry by Jones & Bartlett. She’s also served on pregnancy resource center boards, offering life-affirming care to women in need, and works with Missions.me and Collective Mercy to extend that care even further. Today, we’ll explore how faith and nursing come together as a calling—not just a career.