David Wilkerson
| David Wilkerson | |
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| Religion | Christianity |
| Denomination | Non-denominational |
| Church | Times Square Church |
| Personal | |
| Nationality | American |
| Born |
May 19, 1931 Hammond, Indiana |
| Died | April 27, 2011 (aged 79) Cuney, Texas |
| Spouse | Gwen Wilkerson (died July 5, 2012) |
| Senior posting | |
| Period in office | c. 1950 – 2011 |
| Religious career | |
| Post |
Evangelist Pastor |
| Website | www |
David Ray Wilkerson (May 19, 1931 – April 27, 2011) 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. Wilkerson tried to avoid categorizing Christians into distinct groups according to the denomination to which they belong.
Wilkerson was killed in a car crash in Texas on April 27, 2011.
David Wilkerson was born in 1931 in Indiana. He was the second son of a family of Pentecostal Christian preachers, and he was raised in Barnesboro, Pennsylvania, in a house "full of Bibles". His paternal grandfather and his father, Kenneth, were ministers. According to Wilkerson's own testimony, he was baptized with the Holy Spirit at the age of eight.
The young Wilkerson began to preach when he was about fourteen. After high school, he entered the Central Bible College in Springfield, Missouri. The school was affiliated with the Assemblies of God. In 1952 he was ordained as a minister.
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