“I am a biographer, and I write about a lot of famous people. “He was very pastoral,” said Jenkins, LaHayes’ co-writer on the “Left Behind” series. That eulogy set LaHaye on a path that did not waver, even as it led him to the halls of Washington, D.C., and the top of the best-sellers list. In a 2004 interview with the Christian Science Monitor, LaHaye remembered the minister’s eulogy and the hope it gave him that he would see his father again in heaven. His father, who was an autoworker, died when LaHaye was 9 years old. LaHaye was touched by religion early in life. I have been blessed to call Tim a dear friend, and he will be missed greatly by the SDC community.” LaHaye was known on SDC’s campus as a constant encourager, a champion of the next generation, and a scholar of biblical wisdom. “The impact the LaHayes have had on the students has been remarkable.
Paul Ague, president of San Diego Christian College in Santee, which LaHaye founded as Christian Heritage College in 1970. LaHaye has been a friend to me like no other,” said Dr. His legacy stretched throughout San Diego County’s religious community and far beyond. He became pastor at Scott Memorial Church in North Park, which expanded to three locations, including what is now Shadow Mountain Community Church in El Cajon. Not only have the big Christian publishers thrived, but the most of the major (mainstream) publishing houses started imprints or lines to publish Christian books.”īorn in Detroit in 1926, LaHaye came to San Diego with his family in the mid-1950s. “The sales got everybody’s attention, and that made a major impact on publishing.
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