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Born | Timothy Francis LaHaye April 27, 1926 Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
Died | July 25, 2016 San Diego, California, U.S. | (aged 90)
Occupation | Minister, author |
Education | Bob Jones University (BA) Western Seminary (DMin) |
Period | 1966–2016 |
Genre | Religious, apocalyptic, science fiction |
Notable works | Left Behind |
Spouse | |
Children | 4 |
Military career | |
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Battles/wars | World War II |
Timothy Francis LaHaye (April 27, 1926 – July 25, 2016) was an American Baptist evangelical Christian minister who wrote more than 85 books, both fiction and non-fiction, including the Left Behind series of apocalyptic fiction, which he co-authored with Jerry B. Jenkins.[1]
He was a founder of the Council for National Policy, a Conservative Christian advocacy group. LaHaye opposed homosexuality, believing it to be immoral and unbiblical. He was a critic of Roman Catholicism, and a believer in conspiracy theories regarding the Illuminati.