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Biographical Statement
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Edith Schaeffer
American author
Edith Schaeffer | |
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| Born | Edith Rachel Merritt Seville (1914-11-03)November 3, 1914 Wenzhou, China |
| Died | March 30, 2013(2013-03-30) (aged 98) Gryon, Switzerland |
| Spouse | Francis Schaeffer |
| Children | Priscilla, Susan, Deborah, Frank |
Edith Rachel Merritt Schaeffer (née Seville; November 3, 1914 – March 30, 2013) was a Christian author and co-founder of L'Abri, a Christian organization which hosts guests.[1] She was the wife of Francis Schaeffer, and the mother of Frank Schaeffer and three other children.
Early life
[edit]Schaeffer was born in Wenzhou, China, the fourth child of George and Jessie Seville, missionaries who were serving in China with the China Inland Mission. In addition to her English name, her parents gave her the Chinese name Mei Fuh, meaning "beautiful happiness".[2]
Schaeffer attended Beaver College in Glenside, Pennsylvania.[3] It was there that she met Francis Schaeffer and they were married in 1935.[3] They had four children: Priscilla, Susan, Deborah and Frank.[4]
L'Abri
[edit]They were sent in 1948 to Switzerland by the Independent Board for Presbyterian Foreign Missions. In 1955 they began L'Abri, a community that welcomed people who were
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Edith Schaeffer (nee Seville) has gone to be with the Lord at the age of 98. She was born on November 3, 1914 in Wenzhou, China, the child of missionaries associated with China Inland Missions. As a young adult she attended Beaver College in Glenside, Pennsylvania and it was there that she met Francis Schaeffer. The two were married in 1935. Francis subsequently attended Westminster Theological Seminary and went on to pastorates in Pennsylvania and Missouri.
In 1948 the Independent Board for Presbyterian Foreign Missions sent the Schaeffers to Switzerland as missionaries. In 1955, after identifying significant disagreements with IBPFM and subsequently withdrawing from that organization, they decided to simply open up their home and make it available as a place to demonstrate God’s love and provide a forum for discussing God and the meaning of life. They called it L’Abri after the French word for “shelter.” By the mid-1950’s up to 30 people each week were visiting.
Edith had an integral role in maintaining the home and mentoring those who visited. She wrote or co-wrote twenty books, including Affliction, a book on suffering, and the autobiographical The Tapestry: the Life and Times of Francis and Edith Schaeffer, each of which received the Go