David Wilkerson

David Wilkerson was an American Christian evangelist, best known for his book The Cross and the Switchblade. He was the founder of the addiction recovery program Teen Challenge, and founding pastor of the non-denominational Times Square Church in New York.

Wilkerson’s widely distributed sermons, such as “A Call to Anguish”, are known for being direct and frank against apostasy and serious about making the commitment to obey Jesus’ teachings. He emphasized such Christian beliefs as God’s holiness and righteousness, God’s love toward humans and especially Christian views of Jesus.

Date of birth:
19th May, 1931
Date of death:
27th April, 2011
"Love is not only something you feel, it is something you do."
― David Wilkerson
Topic(s): Love
"I am not officially involved now in the direction of the Teen Challenge ministry, but I rejoice that God permits me to be the father of these ministries."
― David Wilkerson
Topic(s): Teen
"Our ministry is supported entirely by faith, through the missions gifts of readers who receive my messages every three weeks. We seldom mention money, and we never burden supporters."
― David Wilkerson
Topic(s): Faith
"How quickly we forget God’s great deliverances in our lives. How easily we take for granted the miracles he performed in our past."
― David Wilkerson
Topic(s): God
"The Teen Challenge Training Center on Pennsylvania farmland houses over 200 men in rehab. Other farms and centers have been birthed out of this ministry all over the world."
― David Wilkerson
Topic(s): Teen
"Every Teen Challenge ministry is responsible for raising its own finances, but we assist these works with finances, prayer and counseling, especially overseas in areas such as Siberia, Africa, South America."
― David Wilkerson
Topic(s): Teen
"The Teen Challenge ministry was born out of those humble early days of ministry. It now includes over 500 drug and alcohol rehab centers around the world, even in Muslim countries. These include homes for girls and women addicts and alcoholics, all which are reaching many."
― David Wilkerson
Topic(s): Teen
"A final word: I am not knowledgeable about the internet. I do not have a computer. I guess that at 74 years of age, I don’t have the patience to learn."
― David Wilkerson
Topic(s): Age
"Our nation is being led astray by ungodly judges, mayors and governors, who are given to change, defying the Constitution and substituting their own wicked agendas."
― David Wilkerson
Topic(s): Change
"In these times, God’s people must trust him for rest of body and soul."
― David Wilkerson
Topic(s): God

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