David Wilkerson
David Wilkerson
David Ray Wilkersonwas 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...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionReligious Leader
Date of Birth19 May 1931
CityHammond, IN
CountryUnited States of America
heart squares years
Eighteen years ago, the Holy Spirit led me to establish a church in the heart of Times Square.
heart affliction care
When God sets His heart on you, you will be tried often. But the longer and harder your affliction, the more deeply God has set His heart on you, to show you His love and care.
heart men trying
At its heart, legalism is a desire to appear holy. It is trying to be justified before men and not God.
mean heart grace
You see, growing in grace doesn't mean doing more or greater things for God. True growth comes in doing the same things over and over, with more heart assurance that we're doing everything for Him.
heart hard
Faith is not to get you out of a hard place but to change your heart in the hard place.
children
Gwen and I have four children and ten grandchildren.
amount bringing hard kids people seamless staff tribute understand
It's hard for people to understand bringing 450 or 500 new kids just 'boom' into the system, ... For our staff to make it so seamless is just a tribute to the amount of preparation they do to get things ready.
prayer believe gone
I have questioned God sometimes whether prayers have gone unanswered. But answered prayer is still harder to believe.
prayer america challenges
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.
men house challenges
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.
father challenges ministry
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.
girl country women
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.
miracle manhattan brooklyn
Also, I preached to gangs on the streets of Manhattan, Brooklyn and the Bronx - and miracles began to happen.
faith ministry faith-based
From the beginning, this has been a faith-based ministry.