The Cross and the Switchblade Author:Rev. David Wilderson with Jon and Elizabeth Sherrill One-man mission to the asphalt jungle. Five years ago, David Wilderson, a young country minister, started a lonely-and seemingly doomed-crusade. He went into the streets and slums of New York to preach the gospel of redemption to the big city's gang kids-teenagers hardened to every kind of crime and viciousness. At first they sneered-and threate... more »ned. David Wilkerson had agonizing hours of doubt and fear. Then, one day, the miracle he needed happened...and a rowdy group of tough gang members watched as their leaders knelt in the street and prayed...Now the Reverend David Wilkerson is the leader of Teen Challenge, a fast-growing movemnt which is helping "lost" boys and girls find themselves through finding God.« less