Francis Schaeffer
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Founder of the L'Abri community
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| Born |
Francis August Schaeffer January 30, 1912 Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Died | May 15, 1984 (aged 72) Rochester, Minnesota |
| Residence | Huémoz-sur-Ollon, Vaud, Switzerland |
| Occupation | Christian philosopher, Evangelical church leader, author |
| Spouse(s) | Edith Seville Schaeffer |
| Children | Priscilla Sandri Susan Macaulay Deborah Middelmann Frank Schaeffer |
Francis August Schaeffer (January 30, 1912 – May 15, 1984) was an American Evangelical Christian theologian, philosopher, and Presbyterian pastor. He is best known for establishing the L'Abri community in Switzerland. Opposed to theological modernism, Schaeffer promoted a more historic Protestant faith and a presuppositional approach to Christian apologetics, which he believed would answer the questions of the age.
Schaeffer's wife, Edith (Seville) Schaeffer, became a prolific author in her own right. Schaeffer was the father of the author, film-maker, and painter Frank Schaeffer.
Schaeffer was born on January 30, 1912, in Germantown, Pennsylvania, to Franz A. Schaeffer III and Bessie Williamson. He was of German and English ancestry.
In 1935, Schaeffer graduated magna cum laude from Hampden–Sydney College. The same year he married Edith Seville, the daughter of missionary parents who had been with the China Inland Mission founded by Hudson Taylor. Schaeffer then enrolled at Westminster Theological Seminary in the fall and studied under Cornelius Van Til (presuppositional apologetics) and J. Gresham Machen (doctrine of inerrancy).
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