Posted on 04/27/2011 7:38:19 PM PDT by jeepers creepers
CBNNews.com
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Rev. David Wilkerson, founding pastor of Times Square Church in New York City and author of the well-known book The Cross and the Switchblade, was killed Wednesday in a car accident, according to a source close to CBN News. He was 79.
Wilkerson's wife Gwen was also involved in the Texas highway crash and rushed to the hospital. Details of the crash are still developing. Stay with CBNNews.com for an update.
Wilkerson posted a blog dated April 27 -- the day of his death. In the post, titled "When All Means Fail," he encouraged those facing difficulty to "hold fast" and stand strong in faith.
"To those going through the valley and shadow of death, hear this word: Weeping will last through some dark, awful nights, and in that darkness you will soon hear the Father whisper, "I am with you,'" Wilkerson wrote. "Beloved, God has never failed to act but in goodness and love. When all means fail-his love prevails. Hold fast to your faith. Stand fast in his Word. There is no other hope in this world."
Read all of Wilkerson's final blog here.
Word of the accident began to spread Wednesday night on social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter. Christians urged prayer for Mrs. Wilkerson who's in critical condition.
Wilkerson's cousin Rich confirmed the death on Twitter.
"It is confirmed my dear cousin David Wilkerson lost his life in a tragic car accident this afternoon..Prayers r needed at this time," he tweeted.
Rev. Wilkerson spent the early part of his ministry reaching out to gang members and drug addicts in New York, as told in the best-selling book The Cross and the Switchblade.
In 1971, he started World Challenge, Inc. as an umbrella for his crusades, conferences, evangelism and other ministry. Times Square Church was founded under the group in 1987.
The church is now led by Pastor Carter Conlon and has more than 8,000 members.
Wilkerson also founded Teen Challenge, and Christian outreach program for troubled young people.
"Please remember the Wilkerson family in your prayers as our founder, Rev. David Wilkerson, went to be with the Lord this evening," Teen Challenge told Twitter followers.
He is survived by his wife, four children and 11 grandchildren.
Prayers up! His book had a profound effect on my life.
Prayers Up!
I am so sorry to hear about his passing!
So sad. God bless his soul and comfort his family.
Oh how sad and shocking!! He was such a wonderful pastor with a big heart for people down and out.
Very sorry to hear it too - but not for him.
His book, life, and ministry were a powerful testimony and he will be missed but there is no doubt that his ministry will continue until Christ returns.
There is no higher compliment I could give.
How terribly sad. God bless his family, give them peace and comfort. The thing that always helps me in times like this, is knowing the separation is only temporary. So hard on the family though.
INDEED.
Thanks JackV
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I’m shocked. I’m praying for Mrs. Wilkerson to make a full recovery. I know David is with the Lord Jesus Christ in heaven right now, but it’s sad and a great loss for us.
May God bring peace to his family, friends, and the people in his Church.
Prayers from me too.
His book had a huge effect on helping me find my faith again.
It seems many good ones are being called home...
God bless him, and his family.
YUP.
THE WISE,
THE DISCERNING,
THOSE SENSITIVE TO THE STILL SMALL VOICE OF THE LORD OF THE ANGEL ARMIES
WILL
TAKE HEED.
Rev. Wilkerson got promoted today.
The Lord he served he now sees face to face.
His passing reminds us that we all have only a finite time to be about the Lord’s business and to affect others to the good.
“And inasmuch as it is appointed for man to die once, and after this comes judgment”—Hebrews 9:27.
But Jesus Christ has conquered death and hell. And it is Jesus Christ in which Rev. Wilkerson trusted as his Savior and Lord.
He was a true man of God. He has always provided the word for the time.
He was a powerful man of God without making headlines.
God be with his family. I know they will always feel his spirit. We shall all miss him.
He was a true man of God. He has always provided the word for the time.
He was a powerful man of God without making headlines.
God be with his family. I know they will always feel his spirit. We shall all miss him.
Isn’t it choice to have a pastor leave this earth and only good things are said about him. There are many in the public eye that are there for the popularity and money. But there are others that are there to serve God and share their testimony with others by how they live their lives, and how they reach out to others.
I pray for his wife and family.
Deceased Freeperette NRA2BFree (Kristi) was actually a close friend on Wilkerson.
If ever a man heard the words, “Well done, good and faithful servant.” when he passed from this life to the eternal, it was our brother David. Always faithful, confessing his weaknesses and frailties often, never ceasing in his fervency for the Lord and HIs people.
As every true man of God should, he always kept his face low to the ground, and indeed was a convicting example to all who have built their own glory and kingdoms on themselves, rather than on Christ.
A man who has always been a voice through whom God spoke - who will be sorely missed in these trying times that are only going to increase in difficulty. There is a vacuum in the body of Christ on this side, but not the eternal one.
May God fill that vacuum with many unknowns who are also faithful and true, who can speak His word to all they know around them as the days grow darker. May He fill it with Christ Himself becoming the “All-in-All” of every true believer.
And may our hearts cry more than ever - “Come, Lord Jesus! Come!”
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