The Cross and the Switchblade Author:David Wilderson with John and Elizabeth Sherrill Five years ago, David Wilkerson, a young country minister, started a lonely--and seemingly doomed crusade. He went into the streets and slums of New York to teach the big city gang kids--teenagers hardened to every kind of crime and viciousness. — At first they sneered--and threatened. David Wilkerson had agonizing hours of doubt and fear. The... more »n, one day, the miracle he needed happened...and a rowdy group of tough gang members were convinced to try his methods...
Now David Wilkerson is the leader of TEEN CHALLENGE, a fast-growing movement which is helping "lost" teens find themselves through finding new values.
THE CROSS AND THE SWITCHBLADE is the moving and exciting story of this devoted man's work in the Asphalt Jungle.« less