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LaHaye was very involved in the [[Christian right]] and was active in numerous Christian right organizations in the 1970s and 80s, including the [[Moral Majority]].<ref name="NYT"/><ref name="Dispatch"/> In 1987, he served as honorary national co-chairman for [[Jack Kemp]]'s campaign for president but quit after it was reported the he had written statements in his writings that were deemed anti-Catholic and anti-Jewish.<ref name="NYT"/> In addition, LaHaye was influential in building Evangelical support for [[George W. Bush]]'s 2000 presidential campaign and served as a spiritual advisor for [[Mike Huckabee]] during his [[Mike Huckabee 2008 Presidential Campaign|his 2008 presidential campaign]].<ref name="NYT"/><ref name="Dispatch"/>
LaHaye was very involved in the [[Christian right]] and was active in numerous Christian right organizations in the 1970s and 80s, including the [[Moral Majority]].<ref name="NYT"/><ref name="Dispatch"/> In 1987, he served as honorary national co-chairman for [[Jack Kemp]]'s campaign for president but quit after it was reported the he had written statements in his writings that were deemed anti-Catholic and anti-Jewish.<ref name="NYT"/> In addition, LaHaye was influential in building Evangelical support for [[George W. Bush]]'s 2000 presidential campaign and served as a spiritual advisor for [[Mike Huckabee]] during his [[Mike Huckabee 2008 Presidential Campaign|his 2008 presidential campaign]].<ref name="NYT"/><ref name="Dispatch"/>
During first year of [[Ronald Reagan]]'s Presidency in 1981, Mr. Lahaye invited best-selling [[conservative]] [[libertarian]] [[anti-Communist]] author Mr. [[Cleon Skousen]] to become the first member of the [[Conservative think tanks|conservative think tank]] called the [[Council for National Policy]].
During first year of [[Ronald Reagan]]'s Presidency in 1981, Mr. Lahaye invited best-selling [[conservative]] [[libertarian]] [[anti-Communist]] author Mr. [[Cleon Skousen]] to become the first member of the [[Conservative think tanks|conservative think tank]] called the [[Council for National Policy]].
LaHaye is most famous for his ''[[Left Behind]]'' novels, which he co-authored with [[Jerry B. Jenkins]].<ref name="WSJ"/><ref name="NYT"/> He wrote 16 ''Left Behind'' novels, between 1995 and 2007, which sold about 65 million copies and could possibly be considered the most commercially successful Christian fiction work in history.<ref name="NYT"/>
LaHaye was named "the most influential American evangelical of the last 25 years" in 2001 by the Institute for the Study of American Evangelicals,<ref name="Dispatch"/> and in 2005, [[TIME magazine]] labeled LaHaye and his wife, Beverly, "the Christian Power Couple".<ref name="CT"/>
==Personal life==
LaHaye met his future wife, Beverly Ratcliffe, in 1947 while attending [[Bob Jones University]].<ref name="NYT"/> Together, they had four children, nine grandchildren, and sixteen great grandchildren.<ref name="CT"/>
[[Beverly LaHaye]] also was a notable figure, founding [[Concerned Women for America]].<ref name="CT"/><ref name="Dispatch"/>
==See also==
==See also==