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Rick Pearcy's (publisher of the Pearcy Report) testimony to the work of God at L'Abri through Francis Schaeffer is posted at various places on the internet.

Here's part of the introduction to the Pearcy Report Post, followed by the conclusion:

The Schaeffers have correctly emphasized that Christianity is a total worldview based on truth that is rationally accessible and meant to be applied with authenticity to the whole person across every field of human achievement and creativity. Many people have many reasons to be thankful for what they were able to see, hear, think about, and test over time at L'Abri, or perhaps after L'Abri. I am one of these, for L'Abri is where I found, among other things, something for which I was not searching: a 20-year-old blonde named Nancy [Note: You may recognize Nancy as the author/co-author of a number of books including Total Truth].

Francis Schaeffer was different. But, as he himself no doubt understood, we don’t need more cookie-cutter Francis Schaeffers.  Some may covet the mantle of Francis Schaeffer, but the secret is: There isn’t any such mantle.  Rather, we need more individuals willing to embrace truth and then flesh out that truth with a measure of consistency across the whole of their lives, including the nuts and bolts of our methods of ministry.  When a person has said yes to demonstrating the existence of God in one’s life and work, then what happens on the side of a Swiss mountain, or in a fraternity house on a college campus, though largely unnoticed, may change everything.

Yes, although there is much good to be found in Schaeffer's work/writing, I am not called to be Francis.  His following of Jesus led to a unique ministry at particular time/place among a people to whom he was given gifts to minister to/among.  May each of us likewise live lives of blessing which share Christ in ways in which not only we are reshaped in Christ-likenness, but also those around us.  May the Spirit speak healing and reconciliation into Franky's life.  As William Wilberforce was encouraged by Barbara Spooner in Amazing Grace, If there's a bad taste in your mouth, you don't keep swalling it, you spit it out.  May that which was of value be embraced and that which was not be left behind, leaving the ability to move forward in grace-filled living.

Note:  For those of us which raise their own support (or are part of organizations which do such), the core of the article has a prophetic testimony/word for us.