23 Facts About Francis Schaeffer

In 1937, Francis Schaeffer transferred to Faith Theological Seminary, graduating in 1938.

Francis Schaeffer was the first student to graduate and the first to be ordained in the Bible Presbyterian Church.

Francis Schaeffer served pastorates in Pennsylvania and St Louis, Missouri.

Francis Schaeffer eventually sided with the Bible Presbyterian Church Columbus Synod following the BPC Collingswood and BPC Columbus split in 1956.

BPC Columbus reorganized as the Evangelical Presbyterian Church in 1961, and Francis Schaeffer followed the EPC into the Reformed Presbyterian Church, Evangelical Synod when the Bible Presbyterian Church's Columbus Synod merged with the Reformed Presbyterian Church, General Synod in 1965, a denomination which would merge with the Presbyterian Church in America, in 1982.

In 1948, the Francis Schaeffer family moved to Switzerland and in 1955 established the community called.

Francis Schaeffer died of lymphoma on May 15,1984, in Rochester, Minnesota.

Francis Schaeffer opened a L'Abri branch there before his death.

Francis Schaeffer came to use this middle path as the basis for his method of evangelism which he called "Taking the roof off".

An example of Taking the roof off in written form can be found in Francis Schaeffer's work entitled Death in the City.

Nancy Pearcey describes two books by Francis Schaeffer, Escape From Reason and The God Who Is There in this way:.

Francis Schaeffer describes his apologetics method, which combined elements of both evidentialism and presuppositionalism.

Francis Schaeffer thought that Rushdoony's system would require a merger of church and state, which he opposed.

Francis Schaeffer held that the principles, not the actual details, of Old Testament civil law were applicable under the New Covenant of Jesus.

In 1978, Francis Schaeffer asked a group of Reformed Episcopal Clergy to research his thoughts and current trends, forming a church guild called "The Society of Reformed Philosophical Thinkers".

In 1975, along with fellow evangelists Bill Bright and Loren Cunningham, Francis Schaeffer was one of the founders of what would later be termed the Seven Mountain Mandate.

Francis Schaeffer 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.

Francis Schaeffer called for a challenge to what he saw as the increasing influence of secular humanism.

Francis Schaeffer then suggests that similar tactics be used to stop abortion.

The fact remains that Dr Francis Schaeffer's manifesto offers no prescriptions for a Christian society.

Christian conservative leaders such as Tim LaHaye have credited Francis Schaeffer for influencing their theological arguments urging political participation by evangelicals.

Francis A Schaeffer wrote twenty-two books, which covering a range of issues.

Francis Schaeffer argues that the humanist base for morals is fundamentally a weak base upon which to build a moral framework for society.