ELISABETH ELLIOT

'Elisabeth Elliot Gren' (née 'Howard'; born December 21, 1926) is a Christian author, public speaker, and former missionary. Her first husband, Jim Elliot, was killed in 1956 while attempting to make peaceful contact with the violent Huaorani tribe of eastern Ecuador. In October 1958, Elliot, went the Huaorani with her three year old daughter Valerie and Rachel Saint, and learned the language with the help of Dayuma, a Huaorani woman who had spent some time among the Quechua Indians. The Huaorani gave her the tribal name ''Gikari'', Huao for "Woodpecker".

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Biography

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Biography

Born Elisabeth Howard in Belgium, she had four brothers and one sister. She has lived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and in Moorestown, New Jersey. Elliot studied Koine Greek at Wheaton College where she met Jim Elliot. They married in 1953 in the city of Quito, Ecuador. Their daughter, Valerie (born 1955), was 10 months old when Jim was killed.
In 1969, Elisabeth married Addison Leitch, professor of theology at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in Massachusetts. Leitch died in 1973. In 1977, she married Lars Gren, a seminary student who had been boarding at her house. Elisabeth's brother, Thomas Howard, is also an author.
In the mid 1970s she worked as one of the stylistic consultants for the New International Version of the Bible (NIV) committee. She appears on the NIV's list of contributors.[1]
In 2003, a musical based on the story of Jim and Elisabeth Elliot, entitled ''Love Above All'', was staged at the Victoria Concert Hall in Singapore. This musical was staged a second time in 2007 at the University Cultural Centre, Singapore.
In the 2006 film, ''End of the Spear'', she was portrayed by actress Beth Bailey.

Books

★ ''Shadow of the Almighty: The Life and Testament of Jim Elliot'', 1958

★ ''Through Gates of Splendor'' (1957)

★ ''Passion and Purity: Learning to Bring Your Love Life Under God's Control''

★ ''Let Me Be a Woman''

★ ''Quest for Love''

★ ''The Savage My Kinsman''

★ ''The Journals of Jim Elliot''

★ ''Discipline: The Glad Surrender''

★ ''Love Has a Price Tag''

★ ''The Mark of a Man''

★ ''Keep a Quiet Heart''

★ ''A Chance to Die: The Life and Legacy of Amy Carmichael''

★ ''Furnace of the Lord: Reflections on the Redemption of The Holy City'', 1969

★ ''Path Through Suffering: Discovering the Relationship Between God's Mercy and Our Pain''

★ ''The Path of Loneliness: Finding Your Way Through the Wilderness to God''

★ ''No Graven Image''

★ ''Secure in the Everlasting Arms''

★ ''The Music of His Promises: Listening to God with Love, Trust, and Obedience''

★ ''The Shaping of a Christian Family''

★ ''God's Guidance: A Slow and Certain Light''

★ ''Taking Flight: Wisdom for Your Journey''

External links

★ Elisabeth Elliot's home page.

★ An Interview with Elisabeth Elliot on the website for the musical ''Love Above All - The Story of Jim and Elisabeth Elliot''.