Timothy LaHaye
| Tim LaHaye | |
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| Born | Timothy Francis LaHaye April 27, 1926 Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| Died | July 25, 2016 (aged 90) San Diego, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Minister, author |
| Alma mater |
Bob Jones University (B.A.) Western Seminary (D.Min.) Liberty University (D.Litt) |
| Genre | Religious, apocalyptic, science fiction |
| Spouse | Beverly LaHaye (1947-2016; his death); 4 children |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance |  United States of America |
| Service/branch |
 United States Army
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| Unit |
 United States Army Air Forces
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| Battles/wars | World War II (European Theater of Operations) |
| Website | |
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Timothy Francis "Tim" LaHaye (April 27, 1926 – July 25, 2016) was an American evangelical Christian minister, speaker, and author. He wrote more than 85 books, both fiction and non-fiction, and is best known for the Left Behind series of apocalyptic fiction, which he co-authored with Jerry B. Jenkins.
Timothy Francis LaHaye was born on April 27, 1926, in Detroit, Michigan to Frank LaHaye, a Ford auto worker who died in 1936 of a heart attack, and Margaret LaHaye (née Palmer). His father's death had a significant influence on LaHaye, who was only nine years old at the time. He had been inconsolable until the minister at the funeral said, "This is not the end of Frank LaHaye; because he accepted Jesus Christ, the day will come when the Lord will shout from heaven and descend, and the dead in Christ will rise first and then we'll be caught up together to meet him in the air."
LaHaye later said that, upon hearing those remarks, "all of a sudden, there was hope in my heart I'd see my father again."
LaHaye enlisted in the United States Army Air Forces in 1944, at the age of 18, after he finished night school. He served in the European Theater of Operations as a machine gunner aboard a bomber.
In 1950, LaHaye received a Bachelor of Arts from Bob Jones University in Greenville, South Carolina. LaHaye held the Doctor of Ministry degree from Western Seminary and a Doctor of Literature from Liberty University. He served as a pastor in Pumpkintown, South Carolina, and after that he pastored a congregation in Minneapolis until 1956. After that, the LaHaye family moved to San Diego, California, where he served as pastor of the Scott Memorial Baptist Church (now called Shadow Mountain Community Church) for nearly 25 years. In 1971, he founded Christian Heritage College, now known as San Diego Christian College.
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