The Cross and the Switchblade
- The Cross and the Switchblade
"The Cross and the Switchblade" is a book written in 1963 by pastor David Wilkerson with John and Elizabeth Sherrill. It tells the true story of Wilkerson's first five years in New York City, where he ministered to disillusioned youth, encouraging them to turn away from the drugs and gang violence they were involved with. The book became a best seller, with more than 15 million copies distributed in over 30 languages.
In 1970, a motion picture of "The Cross and the Switchblade" was released, starring Pat Boone as David Wilkerson and Erik Estrada as Nicky Cruz, the teen gang member whose life was transformed by Wilkerson's ministry. The movie was dismissed by secular critics as uninteresting. However, it has been viewed by an estimated 50 million people in over 30 languages in 150 countries, according to World Film Crusade.
In 1972, the book was adapted into a comic book published by Fawcett Comics under their Spire Christian Comics label.
In 1968, Cruz wrote the book "Run Baby Run" with Jamie Buckingham, telling the story of his life including coming to New York and being in the gang, and subsequently meeting Wilkerson and thereafter becoming an Evangelical Christian.
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* [http://www.worldchallenge.org/how_it_all_began The Cross And The Switchblade]
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