Editing Tim LaHaye (section)

===Ministry===
He served as a pastor in [[Pumpkintown, South Carolina]], and after that he pastored a congregation in [[Minneapolis]] until 1956.<ref name="NYTMC"/><ref name="HagertyWSJ"/> 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]])<ref> {{Cite web |last=Peterson |first=Karla |date=July 26, 2016 |title=Author Tim LaHaye dies at age 90 |url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/lifestyle/people/sdut-tim-lahaye-obituary-2016jul25-story.html |access-date=March 12, 2024 |website=San Diego Union-Tribune}} </ref><ref name="WeberCT"/> for nearly 25 years.<ref name="NYTMC"/>

In 1971, he founded Christian Heritage College, now known as [[San Diego Christian College]].<ref name="NYTMC" /> In 1972, LaHaye helped establish the [[Institute for Creation Research]] in [[El Cajon, California]], along with [[Henry M. Morris]].<ref name="SDCC">{{cite web|url=http://sdcc.edu/about-sdcc/history-sdcc|title=History of SDCC|website=San Diego Christian College|access-date=January 30, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140608074532/http://sdcc.edu/about-sdcc/history-sdcc|archive-date=June 8, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://site.pfaw.org/site/PageServer?pagename=issues_religious_timeline_creationism|title=The 'Evolution' of Creationism: The Creationism 'Science' Period|access-date=November 26, 2007|website=People for the American Way|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080919205331/http://site.pfaw.org/site/PageServer?pagename=issues_religious_timeline_creationism|archive-date=September 19, 2008}}</ref>

In 1976, the couple wrote ''[[The Act of Marriage]]'', a Christian self-help sex manual. The book sought to depict enjoyment of sex within marriage as positive rather than sinful. It frames marital sex as an important part of a [[Complementarianism|complementarian]], divinely designed relationship – with men as aggressive, sexually voracious leaders whose submissive wives provide them with sexual satisfaction to boost their egos and thereby make them more confident leaders, as part of God's design for [[Gender role|gender roles]].<ref name=":2" />{{Rp|page=91}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Zimmerman |first=Jonathan |date=2016-07-29 |title=Tim LaHaye’s sex-ed legacy: Before he wrote novels about the apocalypse, he and his wife opened right-wing Christian married couples’ eyes |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/2016/07/29/tim-lahayes-sex-ed-legacy-before-he-wrote-novels-about-the-apocalypse-he-and-his-wife-opened-right-wing-christian-married-couples-eyes/ |access-date=2025-05-25 |website=[[New York Daily News]]}}</ref>