The cross & the switchblade
"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 count…
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- Full title :The cross & the switchblade / David Wilkerson with John and Elizabeth Sherrill.
Summary
"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.
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- Publication Date:©2008.
- Edition:Teen Challenge 50th anniversary ed. ; Special student ed
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Penguin Group
- Place of Publication:New York, N.Y
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2008.
Notes
"A Jove book / published by arrangement with Bernard Geis Associates"--Title page verso.
Originally published in 1962.
"Second Special Sales edition / June 2008 ... epilogue copyright ©2008 by Teen Challenge, Inc."--Title page verso.
The Physical Object
- Description:192 pages ; : 18 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780515146356, 0515146358, 9780515090253, 0515090255
- oclc:ocn665089225
- LC Classification:BV4464.5
- Dewey Decimal:259/.5097471
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