Browse Worthy: Elizabeth Elliot
With sadness yet gratitude, we note that Elizabeth Elliot left this world earlier this week and, in the words she made famous, passed through the gates of splendor. Her Christ-centered love story with missionary Jim Elliot, her incredible bravery and ministry as a young mother to the Aucan tribes that murdered him and four other missionaries, her ongoing God-glorifying teaching ministry, and especially her piercing and prolific writing have been greatly used by the Lord. I add my voice to the many who acknowledge that they have been deeply shaped by her books.
Below are several moving tributes to Elizabeth followed by a video where, in her own words, she recounts her story. Read and watch, but do not stop there. Summer is a great time to read her "trilogy" that uses in part the diaries of Jim Elliot to tell their story: Through Gates of Splendor, Shadow of the Almighty: The Life and Testament of Jim Elliot, and The Savage My Kinsman. What a story of Christ's redeeming power God wrote through their lives!
Elisabeth Elliot, Tenacious Missionary to Ecuador, Dies at 88
Missionary Pioneer Elisabeth Elliot Passes Through Gates of Splendor