EVANGELICAL WOMEN IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1900; FREDA SCHIMPF LINDSAY P/15

                                                                                                                                                                         

In this post I will focus on a woman named Freda Schimpf Lindsay. She lived from 1914 - 2010. Her parents were Gottfred and Kaity Schimpf. The family lived in Burstall, Saskatchewan, Canada but they moved to Oregon. 

One of twelve children, Freda began working in the fields of Oregon when she was nine years old to help put food on the table. At age thirteen, Freda got a job cleaning houses, washing, ironing, and cooking, earning £3 per week, enabling her to go to Jefferson High school in Portland, Oregon.

In 1932, eighteen year old Freda attended a revival meeting in Portland. As she was making her way to the door, evangelist Gordon Lindsay stopped her and said, "Freda, I thought this would be your night." Convicted, she rushed to the altar. "I was no big sinner, but I knew I wasn't serving the Lord," she said. "That night, I felt the Lord spoke to me and said, "Freda, if you follow Me, obey Me, walk faithfully in pureness, you will one day marry this evangelist." In 1937, Freda married Gordon Lindsay. They pastored a church Gordon had started in San Fernando, California.