The Cross and the Switchblade
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The Cross and the Switchblade
By (Author) David Wilkerson
By (author) John Sherrill
By (author) Elizabeth Sherrill
Penguin Putnam Inc
Jove Publications
15th November 1986
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Personal religious testimony and popular inspirational works
Biography: religious and spiritual
B
Physical Properties
Paperback
176
Width 105mm, Height 175mm, Spine 12mm
91g
Description
The dramatic and inspiring true story of a small town minister called to help inner city kids everyone else believed were beyond hope... David Wilkerson was just a young preacher in the Pennsylvania hills when he was stunned by a new calling from God- go to New York City to speak to seven young gang members on trial for murder. But something much greater was to come. Once in New York, David was inspired to stay for a lifetime of helping troubled teenagers get free of drugs and crime. With the word of God in his ears, he founded an inner-city ministry still known as the Teen Challenge to change their paths and alter thousands of lives forever.
Author Bio
David Wilkerson (1931-2011) was a renowned Christian evangelist, the founder of the addiction recovery program Teen Challenge, and the senior pastor of the nondenominational Times Square Church in New York. He wrote more than 30 books, including the bestsellingThe Cross and the SwitchbladeandKnowing God by Name.
