Group or movement
Family Radio
Oakland-based Christian radio network led by Harold Camping.
Family Radio is a non-profit Christian broadcaster founded in 1959. Harold Camping served as its president for decades. In 2011 the network funded a large billboard and media campaign promoting May 21, 2011.
After the dates passed, the network said it would no longer set dates and continued operating as a broadcaster.
Official site: www.familyradio.org (opens in a new tab)
Predictions in this timeline
- September 6, 1994 Harold Camping and September 1994 Harold Camping and Family Radio · Later revised In his book 1994? (1992), Harold Camping argued that Christ would return in September 1994. After the date passed he said he had made a calculation error and later named 2011.
- May 21, 2011 Harold Camping and May 21, 2011 Harold Camping and Family Radio · Later revised Harold Camping and Family Radio taught that the Rapture and Judgment Day would occur on May 21, 2011, followed by the end of the world on October 21, 2011. A national billboard and media campaign promoted the date.