Would You Belive
Would you believe is a TV program broadcast on Ireland National Television about Teen Challenge Center in Ireland.
It's an amazing program because it shows life transforming testemonies. See it below.
Loving memorial tribute to
David Wilkerson
Remembering my dear brother, friend and mentor, David Wilkerson.
We called him Brother Dave. I met him as a student as Southwestern University South of Dallas in 1962. He preached at a chapel service at Southwestern about reaching the lost, particularly the disenfranchised that lived on the streets and in ghettos. His message closed classes down for a whole day. Everyone repented and prayed. This was the origin of Pat and me starting Teen Challenge in Dallas and Fort Worth. Later, Brother Dave came to Dallas to do a youth crusades and they were awesome meetings. Out of that original Teen Challenge ministry in Dallas, four missionary couples were raised up that eventually went to the four corners of the world as defined at that time by the Assemblies of God, our sending agency.
When Pat and I were called to go overseas to start Teen Challenge in 1968, we made calls to our two principle mentors seeking their counsel and advice, Brother Dave and our pastor, Charles Blair. They both affirmed our call and we went to Eurasia in June, 1969. This led to Teen Challenge being started in 27 Eurasian countries as well as the birth of Teen Challenge International targeting the world beyond Eurasia. Additionally, Brother Dave brought his crusade team to Europe to help us in five crusade itineraries. I had the joy of serving on the World Challenge Board with Brother Dave and traveled extensively with him. Brother Dave was an inspiring mentor and part of our ministry.
Pat and I were shocked to learn this morning of Brother Dave’s passing in a tragic automobile accident. His beloved wife, Gwen, is in the hospital and we have unconfirmed reports that she is in serious/critical condition. Please join with us in prayer for Gwen’s recovery and for grace and peace on the entire Wilkerson family.
Use the following link to the CBN website for a news release, tribute, and video of our dear brother, friend and mentor, Brother Dave.
www.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2011/April/Rev-David-Wilkerson-Killed-in-TX-Car-Crash/
Dr. Howard FoltzFounder and President
Accelerating International Mission Strategies
I want to pass this memory of Rev. David Wilkerson on to you. Please continue to pray for the family.
David Wilkerson Today
FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 2011
by Gary Wilkerson
by David Wilkerson
“David served the purposes of God in his generation, then he died” (Acts 13:36).
On Wednesday afternoon my father, David Wilkerson, passed away in a car accident. We grieve the loss of a beloved father, a faithful husband and a holy man of God. My mother, Gwen, his wife of 57 years, was in the car also, but we are told she will recover fully.
Dad’s 60-plus years of ministry have impacted the lives of those closest to him and extended to millions around the world. Today we feel a personal loss, but at the same time we rejoice knowing Dad lived life to the fullest, obeying God with devotion and loving Jesus radically.
He was known for his unlimited faith. He believed God could change the lives of gang members and transform the most desperate drug addicts. He believed that a dynamic church could be launched in the heart of Times Square, New York City.
He believed he could be a man who loved his wife and children well. And he did.
Dad was not one for fanfare, acclaim or ceremony. He turned down invitations to meet with world leaders yet would give everything he owned to support a poor orphan or a widow in distress.
Like King David of old, Dad served God’s purposes in his generation. He preached with uncompromising passion and relentless grace. He wrote with amazing insight, clarity and conviction. He ran his race well and when his work was done, he was called home.
I don’t think my father would have retired well. I don’t think he was one to sit in a rocking chair and reminisce about times past. I believe that Jesus, knowing this, graciously called him home.
Dad’s last mission on earth was to be an advocate for the poorest of the poor—to provide relief and support for hungry children and widows and orphans. After founding Teen Challenge, World Challenge and Times Square Church, he sought to feed starving children in the most impoverished countries in the world. Today, Please Pass the Bread is saving the lives of thousands of children, through 56 outreaches in 8 countries.
Like King David of old, after having served God’s purpose, he died. I know if my father were able to encourage you with his words today, he would invite you to give your all to Jesus, to love God deeply and to give yourself away to the needs of others.
The works he began outlive him. We can all attest to his impacting us—not only in his preaching, writing and founding of world-changing ministries, but in his love, devotion, compassion and ability to stir our faith for greater works.
Read this devotion online: http://www.worldchallenge.org/en/node/13180
David E. Ozane