L'abri is French for The Shelter. While living in Switzerland, Francis and Edith Schaeffer decided to open their house to students and travelers for the sake of meaningful conversation concerning the big questions of life and how the Bible dealt with them. They called it L'abri. One's day at L'abri was divided between helping out around the place, studying and conversation.

Presently there are L'Abri Study Centers in a number of places including England, Holland, Korea, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Sweden, Switzerland, Canada and resource centers in Australia and Germany. They are still receiving people throughout most of the year to work through the big questions with the simple, but profound, conviction that God is really there and has given us true knowledge of Himself, the world and ourselves in the Bible. For information, visit L'Abri Fellowship International Home Page.