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5 unusual facts about Francis Schaeffer


Francis Schaeffer

A Christian response to abortion, euthanasia, and infanticide, narrated by Francis Schaeffer and former Surgeon General Dr. C. Everett Koop; it was released with a book by the same title.

Randall Terry has credited Schaeffer as a major influence in his life.

Congresswoman and 2012 United States presidential candidate Michele Bachmann has cited Schaeffer's documentary series How Should We Then Live? as having a "profound influence" on her life and that of her husband Marcus.

(with former Surgeon General Dr. C. Everett Koop).

Reformed Presbyterian Church, General Synod

Eventually, thanks to influence of newer people in the denomination such as Gordon Clark, discussions began with the Bible Presbyterian Church-Columbus Synod, which included members such as Francis Schaeffer and Jay E. Adams.


Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy

The undersigners came from a variety of evangelical Christian denominations, and include James Montgomery Boice, Carl F. H. Henry, Kenneth Kantzer, J. I. Packer, Francis Schaeffer, and R. C. Sproul.

Edward John Carnell

Irving Hexham has noted in his survey of apologetic responses to New Age spirituality that Carnell's approach had some influence on the way in which Francis Schaeffer developed his apologetic writings.

Robert M. Bowman, Jr.

In his early years of studying theology and apologetics, Bowman was influenced by a variety of Christian apologists, including C. S. Lewis, Francis Schaeffer, and John Warwick Montgomery.


see also

Wade Bradshaw

He has also served the Lord at the Francis Schaeffer Institute of Covenant Seminary in St. Louis and as pastor of the International Presbyterian Church in Liss, Hampshire, England.