Teen Challenge Was Founded In 1958 In Brooklyn New York By David Wilkerson, A Rural Preacher. David Wilkerson Was Called By God To Go To New York City And Worked Among Disadvantaged Street Children - Mostly Gang Members - For Whom Murder, Drug Use, Prostitution And Crime Were The Order Of The Day. This Work Was Called Teen Challenge. In The Worldwide Bestseller The Cross In The Asphalt Jungle (Orig .: The Cross And The Switchblade) David Wilkerson Describes His Experiences In The Ghettos Of New York. Of This Book Have Sold Millions Of Copies And In 1970 Came From The Book Adaptation.