L'Abri

MOUNTAINS HAVE ALWAYS attracted men from the valley; they have been the place for free-spirited and free-thinking people throughout history. And when the world is finally joined together in technological unity, there will still be those who seek meaning and significance in a confused world. L'Abri (the shelter), located high above the Rhone in the Swiss Alps is a community of such people.

L' Abri's message is a Christianity that the world has forgotten. It is a Christianity which accepts the Bible as truly the Word of God but does not accept that truth in order to neglect the tangible problems of he world. In the process, L' Abri rejects and transcends the position of most 20th-century churches, which lend unfounded spiritual support to the established order. The people at L' Abri believe that God's truth cannot be molded by either side of a political or philosophical spectrum to fit any particular viewpoint. It is God's truth, exhibited in the life of Christ for all times, including our own.

" And from time to time he would withdraw to lonely places for prayer. "