In 1947 he traveled throughout Europe as a representative of the Independent Board for Presbyterian Foreign Missions and as the American Secretary for the Foreign Relations Department of the American Council of Christian Churches. Louis, which soon became widely adopted by other evangelical churches. ĭuring this time Schaeffer and his wife founded the Children for Christ ministry in St. Louis, MO, and served as moderator of the Midwest Presbytery. From 1943 to 1947, he pastored First Bible Presbyterian Church in St. In 1941 he was elected moderator of the Great Lakes Presbytery and began serving as associate pastor of the Bible Presbyterian Church in Chester, PA. Schaeffer entered Westminster Theological Seminary in 1935 and transferred to the newly formed Faith Theological Seminary in 1937, graduating from there in 1938.įollowing graduation, he was by some accounts the first person ordained by the Bible Presbyterian Church and became pastor of the Covenant Presbyterian Church in Grove City, PA. Schaeffer wrote twenty-two books, which cover a range of spiritual issues.įrancis August Schaeffrer was born in Germantown, Pennsylvania, and became a Christian in 1930 at the age of eighteen, and graduated magna cum laude from Hampden-Sydney College, VA in June, 1935. Randall Terry, the founder of Operation Rescue, also acknowledged the influence of Schaeffer.įrancis A. He is credited with helping spark a return to political activism among Protestant evangelicals and fundamentalists in the late 1970s and early 1980s, especially in relation to the issue of abortion.Ĭhristian Right leaders such as Tim LaHaye have credited Schaeffer for influencing their theological arguments urging political participation by evangelicals. Schaeffer popularized, in the modern context, a conservative Puritan and Reformed perspective. The purpose of the school is to train Christians to demonstrate compassionately and defend reasonably what they see as the claims of Christ on all of life. Schaeffer Institute directed by a former English L'Abri member, Jerram Barrs. A number of scholars credit Schaeffer's ideas with helping spark the rise of the Christian Right in the United States.Ĭovenant Theological Seminary has established the Francis A.

Opposed to theological modernism, Schaeffer promoted a more traditional Protestant faith and a presuppositional approach to Christian apologetics, which he believed would answer the questions of the age. He is most famous for his writings and his establishment of the L'Abri community in Switzerland.

Francis August Schaeffer was an American Evangelical Christian theologian, philosopher, and Presbyterian pastor.

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