Nazareth Children’s Home is located in
a beautiful rural setting consisting of 296 acres in Rockwell,
NC. The founder, Rev. J.M.L. Lyerly, a distinguished pastor
and educator, challenged the Classis of the NC area Reformed
Church to establish an orphans’ home, “to be a father
and a mother to the boys and girls who had none”. His
efforts were rewarded when the doors of Nazareth Orphans’
Home were opened in 1906. During the first 50 years when the
home served homeless children and youth as a traditional orphanage,
the residents remained indefinitely, leaving only when they
completed high school, or reached adulthood.
Today,
we are known as Nazareth Children’s Home. We are licensed
by the NC Department of Health and Human Resources to serve
a legal capacity of 55 children and youth from around the
state of NC. Since its beginning in 1906, more than 1,500
children have lived, worked, played, and prayed among the
tall oak trees and the beautiful campus. Our agency and each
of our programs have all been Nationally COA Accredited. This
means that our programs and our staff operate on a “Best
Practices Scale”.
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