The Cross and The Switchblade
David Wilkerson 1931-2011
The Cross and The Switchblade - USA Fleming H. Revell Company 1964 - 174 18
Includes two new epilogues. . David Wilkerson with John and Elizabeth Sherrill ; [foreword by Charles W. Colson] Originally published in 1963.
"Go to New York City and help those boys." When David Wilkerson heard those words in his heart late one night as he glanced at a picture in Life magazine, he was dumbfounded. The boys in question were members of a violent gang and on trial for murder. He was a country preacher settled comfortably in a little mountain church in Pennsylvania. What could God possibly expect him to accomplish--in New York City, of all places? But the thought would not let him go--and his life and the lives of countless despairing teens were changed forever on account of it. This is the story of the founding of Teen Challenge, an inner-city ministry that today maintains residential and crisis counseling centers around the globe. But even more, it is a story of how the most unlikely people can hear--and follow--God's call to do the impossible.--From publisher description.
9780800794460 080079446X
1963
2007049012
English
Theology--United States
Church work with juvenile delinquents
City clergy--New York (State)--New York
Church work with juvenile delinquents United States
Spiritual Theology اللاهوت الروحي
BV4464.5 / .W5 2008
The Cross and The Switchblade - USA Fleming H. Revell Company 1964 - 174 18
Includes two new epilogues. . David Wilkerson with John and Elizabeth Sherrill ; [foreword by Charles W. Colson] Originally published in 1963.
"Go to New York City and help those boys." When David Wilkerson heard those words in his heart late one night as he glanced at a picture in Life magazine, he was dumbfounded. The boys in question were members of a violent gang and on trial for murder. He was a country preacher settled comfortably in a little mountain church in Pennsylvania. What could God possibly expect him to accomplish--in New York City, of all places? But the thought would not let him go--and his life and the lives of countless despairing teens were changed forever on account of it. This is the story of the founding of Teen Challenge, an inner-city ministry that today maintains residential and crisis counseling centers around the globe. But even more, it is a story of how the most unlikely people can hear--and follow--God's call to do the impossible.--From publisher description.
9780800794460 080079446X
1963
2007049012
English
Theology--United States
Church work with juvenile delinquents
City clergy--New York (State)--New York
Church work with juvenile delinquents United States
Spiritual Theology اللاهوت الروحي
BV4464.5 / .W5 2008