Complex sentence: Raised as a Baptist, he became a member of the Bahá'í Faith during the early 1940s after his wife, and raised a daughter, Maia, in the religion, and became one of the best-known Bahá'í poets.
Split into simpler sentences: Raised as a Baptist, he followed his wife into the Bahá'í Faith during the early 1940s, and raised a daughter, Maia, in the religion. Hayden became one of the best-known Bahá'í poets.