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Line 1: {{Short description\|American businessman and minister (1934–2018)}} '''Charles "Chuck" Missler''' is an author, conservative [[Bible]] teacher, and founder of the Koinonia House ministry based out of [[Coeur d'Alene, Idaho\|Coeur d'Alene]], [[Idaho]]. Missler is a former businessman who is now a minister and [[Fundamentalist Christianity\|biblical fundamentalist]]. {{Use mdy dates\|date=October 2018}} {{Infobox person \| birth_name = \| birth_date = {{Birth date\|1934\|5\|28}} \| birth_place = [[Illinois]], United States \| death_date = {{death date and age\|2018\|5\|1\|1934\|5\|28}} \| death_place = [[Reporoa Caldera\|Reporoa]], New Zealand \| name = \| image = 2010-10-23 - Strategic Perspectives Conference 153.jpg \| caption = Missler in 2010 \| spouse = {{marriage\|Nancy Missler<br>\|1957\|November 11, 2015\|end=died}} \| children = 4 \| occupation = {{flatlist\| Engineer businessman Bible teacher }} \| yearsactive = 1970s-2018 \| website = {{URL\|chuckmissler.com}} }} '''Charles W. Missler''' (May 28, 1934 – May 1, 2018) was an American author, [[evangelicalism\|evangelical Christian]], Bible teacher, engineer, and businessman. ~~== Biography ==~~ Missler was born and raised in Southern [[California]]. He graduated from the [[United States Naval Academy]] and following graduation spent time in the [[United States Air Force]] completing flight training and becoming Branch Chief of the Department of Guided Missiles. == Business career == After his military service, he moved into the private sector of business and technology, holding positions with several large companies including [[TRW]] (a large aerospace firm), [[Ford Motor Company]], and [[Automatic Data Processing]]. He has also served as a senior analyst with a non-profit think tank where he conducted projects for the intelligence community and the Department of Defense. During this time he completed a Master's degree at the [[University of California Los Angeles]] in [[engineering]].{{Fact\|date=February 2007}} Missler graduated from the [[U.S. Naval Academy]] in 1956<ref>USNA Alumni Association Website</ref> and received a Master's degree in Engineering from [[UCLA]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.khouse.org/in-memory-of-chuck-missler/\|title=In Memory of Chuck Missler\|website=Koinonia House}}</ref> He worked for several years in the aerospace and computer industries. He joined the Ford Motor Company in 1963.<ref>[http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/handle/2027.42/7931/bad2394.0001.001.txt;jsessionid=4B1E3C1B0F12F06A752ADFAF5133878E?sequence=4 "The Eleventh Ann Arbor Industry-Education Symposium"], University of Michigan, June 1967</ref> Missler joined [[Western Digital]] as chairman and chief executive in June 1977 and became the largest shareholder of Western Digital.<ref name=chief/> In 1983, Missler became the chairman and chief executive of Helionetics, Inc., another technology company.<ref name=chief>{{Cite news\| title = Chief Is Named at Helionetics\| newspaper = The New York Times\| date = October 27, 1983\| url = https://www.nytimes.com/1983/10/27/business/no-headline-257521.html}}</ref> He left Helionetics in 1984 "to pursue other opportunities in the high-technology field."<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1984/12/24/business/business-people-top-official-resigns-at-helionetics-inc.html Hollie, Pamela. " Top Official Resigns At Helionetics Inc."], ''New York Times'', December 24, 1984</ref> In August 1985, Helionetics sued Missler, alleging a conflict of interest, claiming that after Missler and other Helionetics executives had decided not to purchase a small defense electronics maker, that same company was purchased by an investment corporation in which Missler held a controlling interest.<ref>[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-08-16-fi-3172-story.html Lazzareschi, Carla. "Helionetics' Claims Called 'Ludicrous' : Ex-Chairman Responds to $7-Million Lawsuit"], ''Los Angeles Times'', August 16, 1985</ref> The suit was settled when Missler's firm agreed to pay Helionetics $1.6 million.<ref>[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-11-26-fi-2149-story.html Lazzareschi, Carla. "Missler to Pay $1.6 Million to Helionetics"], ''Los Angeles Times'', November 26, 1985</ref> Previously, Missler was successful, but his last [[Secularism\|secular]] business venture failed catastrophically. The Missler family lost their home, automobiles and insurance. Missler had grown up with a passion for studying the Bible in his youth. With this most recent personal setback, he turned to the Bible and began pursuing this life interest full time as a speaker and author. Previously, he had led Bible studies at [[Calvary Chapel]] in [[Costa Mesa, California]]. He went on to start the Koinonia House ministry in 1973. In 1989, he headed the Phoenix Group International, a former Colorado real estate company that entered the high-tech industry to sell personal computers to Russian schools.<ref name=flagg>[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-09-12-fi-2187-story.html Flagg, Michael and O'Dell, John. "Soviet Choice of Phoenix Spurs Skepticism"], ''Los Angeles Times'', September 12, 1989</ref> Phoenix filed for bankruptcy protection in 1990 when the deal did not develop as anticipated, due to a subsidiary being found to have no experience with computers.<ref>[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-07-fi-6131-story.html Takahashi, Dean. "Head of Phoenix Group Explains Venture Failure : Trade: Chairman Charles W. Missler says sale of computers to Soviet Union fell apart because of lack of capital and problems with the firm's Soviet partners."], ''Los Angeles Times'', December 7, 1990</ref>{{sfn \|Clark \|2007 \|p=10}} He lectures at various churches and events and has been a keynote speaker at the "Steeling the Mind Bible Conferences"[http://compass.org]. He and his family have since moved to Idaho where Missler serves in his conservative, literal Christian theological ministry. ==Ministry== His books and videos discuss broad subjects such as Bible ministry and prophecy study resources, alien and [[UFO]] conspiracies, the [[apocalypse]], and the return of Christ. Some cite his background in engineering and mathematics as contributing factors to his Bible teachings that describe "cosmic codes within the Scriptures" and view the Bible as an "integrated message system from outside our time ___domain," "telling us history in advance". After the Phoenix deal collapsed, Missler started an online ministry, ''[[Koinonia]] House'', and became known as a prominent [[Christian Zionist]] and speaker on the subject of Bible prophecy.{{sfn \|Clark \|2007 \|p=11}} A ''Los Angeles Times'' article reported that Missler and co-author [[Hal Lindsey]] had plagiarized a portion of [[Miami University]] Professor [[Edwin Yamauchi]]'s 1982 book ''Foes from the Northern Frontier'' in their own 1992 book ''The Magog Factor''. Hal Lindsey's manager Paul Krikac said Missler had written the passages in question, but conceded that Lindsey is responsible for the overall manuscript: "His (Lindsey's) butt is on the line."<ref>''[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-07-30-vw-4952-story.html Question of Attribution],'' Los Angeles Times July 30, 1992, by Roy Rivenburg</ref> After the missed attribution was acknowledged by Missler,<ref name="auto">{{Cite web\|url=http://www.chuckmissler.com/wiki/tmiletter\|title=TMI_Letter {{!}} Chuck Missler\|website=www.chuckmissler.com\|language=en\|access-date=July 16, 2018}}</ref> book shipments to bookstores were discontinued and all of the authors' proceeds donated to a ministry.<ref>{{cite web\|last=Missler\|first=Chuck\|title=Letter to Baker Book House\|url=http://khouse.org/pdf/TMI_Letter.pdf\|work=Koinonia House website\|publisher=Koinonia House\|access-date=August 21, 2013}}{{dead link\|date=December 2017 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Missler was later accused of plagiarism of New Age writer [[Michael Talbot (author)\|Michael Talbot]]'s 1992 book ''The Holographic Universe'' in his 1999 book ''Cosmic Codes: Messages from the Edge of Eternity''.<ref>''[http://herescope.blogspot.se/2013/08/without-attribution.html Without Attribution],'' Herescope, August 7, 2013, by Gaylene Goodroad</ref> Missler also acknowledged this as missed attribution and apologized publicly. He said a correction would be inserted in all unsold copies and the book itself updated in subsequent printings. Missler donated all of the author's proceeds from the book to a ministry.<ref name="auto" /><ref>{{cite web\|last=Missler\|first=Chuck\|title=Missing Attributions in Cosmic Codes\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgUsbk9AqZ8 \|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/EgUsbk9AqZ8 \|archive-date=2021-12-13 \|url-status=live\|work=YouTube\|date=August 20, 2013 \|publisher=Lyonshead Media LTD\|access-date=August 21, 2013}}{{cbignore}}</ref> ~~In 1999, Chuck Missler received his Ph.D. from the unaccredited [[Louisiana Baptist University]] where he is currently a speaker.~~ Due to his experience with technology, Missler was a figurehead in bringing the "Year Two Thousand Bug" (a.k.a. "[[Year 2000 problem\|Y2K]] bug") to the attention of the Christian community.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.thebereancall.org/content/y2k-and-bible-prophecy\|title=Y2K and Bible Prophecy\|website=thebereancall.org\|language=en\|access-date=July 16, 2018}}</ref> In 1998, he coauthored a book with [[John Ankerberg]] investigating whether America would survive the crises to be caused, he claimed, by embedded computer chips that would malfunction on what they would calculate as year zero.<ref>Chuck Missler and John Ankerberg, Will America Survive the Y2K Crisis? (Coeur d’Alene, ID: Koinonia House, 1998), video.)</ref> ~~==Koinonia Institute and Louisiana Baptist University==~~ ==Personal life and death== Koinonia Institute is an [[school accreditation\|unaccredited]] school operated by Missler. The unaccredited [[Louisiana Baptist University]] (LBU) will accept transfer credits from Koinonia's courses "for up to half of the credit hour requirements for a graduate degree."[http://www.khouse.org/articles/2005/587/] While Missler lives in [[Idaho]] he serves as a professor at LBU, whose students receive college credit for purchasing and reading [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0785264299 one of his books]. According to Missler, LBU "has offered course credits for those that do a 'reflective paper' on what they got out of it"; in addition to three semester hours credit, students also receive a certificate for it. ([http://assistnews.net/strategic/s0104006.htm Assist News 2001]) Chuck Missler's Institute can be credited with getting many more people reading and studying the Bible. Missler was married to Nancy Missler. They had two sons and two daughters. Nancy died of cancer on November 11, 2015.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.chuckmissler.com/biography \|title=Biography \|work=Biography page on Official Chuck Missler website \|publisher=Koinonia House \|access-date=May 2, 2018}}</ref> Missler died at his home in [[Reporoa Caldera\|Reporoa]], New Zealand, in 2018.<ref>{{cite web\|last=Jones\|first=Marcus\|title=Bible teacher Dr Chuck Missler dies\|url=https://www.premier.org.uk/News/World/Bible-teacher-Dr-Chuck-Missler-dies\|work=Official website\|publisher=Premier Christian Radio\|access-date=May 2, 2018\|date=May 1, 2018}}</ref> ~~==Controversy and criticism==~~ According to [[Temple University]] Professor William Alnor, Chuck Missler has admitted plagiarizing a portion of [[Miami University]] Professor [[Edwin Yamauchi]]'s 1982 book ''[[Foes From the Northern Frontier]]'' in his own 1992 book ''The Magog Factor'' (co-written by [[Hal Lindsey]]).[http://cultlink.com/plagiarism/plgchart.htm] This act of plagiarism was caught by the ''[[LA Times]]'' ("Question of Attribution" July 30, 1992, by Roy Rivenburg).[http://www.christianmediaresearch.com/cmc-21.html] Missler was also criticized for his "alarmism" for [[Y2K]].[http://answers.org/issues/y2k.html] [[Sarang Gupta]] has drawn up a "refutation of many of the arguments made by Chuck Missler on the tape ''[[Genesis (Bible)\|Genesis]] and the [[Big Bang]]''".[http://www.sarangworld.com/biblefuc.php3] ==~~Works~~Books== {{cite book ~~=== Books ===~~ \| year = 1996 ~~''Note: Koinonia House is Missler's company; books published by Koinonia House are self-published''~~ \| title = The Magog Invasion \| publisher = Western Front Ltd \| isbn = 0-9641-0586-1 }} * {{cite book \| year = 2002 \| title = Learn the Bible in 24 Hours \| publisher = Koinonia House \| isbn = 1-57821-630-3 }} * {{cite book \| year = 2006 \| title = Prophecy 20/20: Profiling the Future Through the Lens of Scripture \| publisher = Thomas Nelson \| isbn = 0-7852-1889-0 }} * {{cite book \| year = 2003 \| title = Alien Encounters: The Secret Behind the UFO Phenomenon \| publisher = Koinonia House \| isbn = 1-57821-205-7 }} * {{cite book \| author1 = Eastman, Mark \| author2 = Missler, Chuck \| name-list-style = amp \| year = 1995 \| title = The Creator: Beyond Time & Space \| publisher = Word For Today \| isbn = 0-936728-61-2 }} * {{cite book \| year = 2004 \| title = Cosmic Codes: Hidden Messages From the Edge of Eternity \| publisher = Koinonia House \| isbn = 1-57821-255-3 }} * {{cite book \| year = 2000 \| title = Hidden Treasures in the Biblical Text \| publisher = Koinonia House \| isbn = 1-57821-127-1 }} * {{cite book \| author1 = Missler, Chuck \| author2 = Missler, Nancy \| name-list-style = amp \| year = 2012 \| title = The Kingdom, Power, & Glory: The Overcomer's Handbook \| publisher = The King's High Way Ministries \| isbn = 978-0979513640 }} * {{cite book \| author1 = Missler, Chuck \| author2 = Missler, Nancy \| name-list-style = amp \| year = 2004 \| title = Why Should I Be the First to Change?: The Key to a Loving Marriage \| publisher = Koinonia House \| isbn = 978-0975359310 }} ==References== * 1995 ''The Way of Agape: Understanding God's Love'' Pub: Koinonia House ISBN 1-880532-56-5 '''Citations''' * 1996 ''Be Ye Transformed'' with Nancy Missler Pub:Koinonia House ISBN 1-880532-42-5 {{reflist\|20em}} * 1997 ''Alien Encounters'' with Mark Eastman Pub:Koinonia House ISBN 1-57821-061-5 * 1999 ''Faith in the Night Seasons: Understanding God's Will'' Pub: Koinonia House ISBN 1-57821-068-2 * 2000 ''Hidden Treasures in the Biblical Text'' Pub: Koinonia House ISBN 1-57821-127-1 * 2000 ''The Five Horseman of the Apocalypse'' Pub: Koinonia House ISBN 1-57821-095-X * 2001 ''Against the Tide'' with Nancy Missler Pub:Koinonia House ISBN 1-57821-172-7 * 2001 ''The Choice: Hypocrisy or Real Christianity?'' with Nancy Missler Pub:Koinonia House ISBN 1-57821-134-4 * 2002 ''Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai & Malachi'' Pub: Koinonia House ISBN 1-57821-188-3 * 2002 ''Learn the Bible in 24 Hours'' Pub: Nelson Books ISBN 0-7852-6429-9 * 2004 ''Cosmic Codes: Hidden Messages'' Pub: Koinonia House ISBN 1-57821-255-3 '''Bibliography''' ~~=== Software/Audio CDs ===~~ {{refbegin}} * The Book of Revelation {{cite book\|last=Clark\|first=Victoria\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8_Kms7h_h0UC\|title=Allies for Armageddon: The Rise of Christian Zionism\|publisher=Yale University Press\|year=2007\|isbn=978-0-300-11698-4\|chapter=Chuck Missler's Tour of the Holy Land}} * Learn the Bible in 24 Hours {{refend}} * The Rapture ~~=== VHS/DVD ===~~ * The DaVinci Deception * Proving the Bible Reliable * Return of the Nephilim * UFO's and the Coming Deception * Daniel's 70 Weeks * How We Got the Bible ==External links== {{Portal\|Biography}} [http://raptureready.com/who/Chuck_Missler.html] Short Bio [http://www.~~khouse~~chuckmissler.~~org~~com/ ~~Koinonia~~Chuck ~~House]–~~Missler's ~~Official~~official ~~Missler website~~Website] [http://www.oneplace.com/Ministries/6640/host_bio.asp?show_id=212] Additional Short Bio [http://oneplace.com/ministries/6640/ 66/40]– - Missler's daily radio show [http://www.khouse.org/pages/mcat/khouse/about_the_misslers/ Official biography] [http://server.firefighters.org/missler.asp Firefighters.org] – Has several of Missler's studies available in mp3 format [http://www.alienencounters.com/chuckbio.html] Additional Short Bio [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZFG5PKw504 Video]. 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