to "renew their passion for Christ". Wilkerson and his wife Gwen moved to New York City at the inception of Times Square Church in 1987, and in 2006 began splitting their time between New York and Texas. They had four children and eleven grandchildren. Visions Wilkerson claimed to receive a vision in 1973 regarding the future of the United States, subsequently published in a book called The Vision. Some of the subject areas of this prophecy were: "Worldwide recession caused by economic confusion"; "Nature having labor pains"; "A flood of filth and a baptism of dirt in America"; "Rebellion in the home"; and "A persecution madness against truly Spirit filled Christians who love Jesus Christ". On March 7, 2009 Wilkerson posted a message to his personal blog titled 'An Urgent Message' in which he re-stated an earlier prophecy he had made concerning New York City: "For ten years I have been warning about a thousand fires coming to New York City. It will engulf the whole megaplex, including areas of New Jersey and Connecticut. Major cities all across America will experience riots and blazing fires". Wilkerson indicated that this would be part of an "earth-shattering calamity" affecting the whole earth, brought on by the wrath of God in judgement against "the raging sins of America and the nations". Regarding the timing of these events, he said: "I do not know when these things will come to pass, but I know it is not far off." Death On the afternoon of April 27, 2011, Wilkerson died when he collided head-on with an 18-wheeler in East Texas. He was pronounced dead at the scene, less than a month from his 80th birthday. His wife Gwendolyn was seriously injured. Gwendolyn Wilkerson died a year later, on July 5, 2012 from cancer, at the age of 81. BibliographyEnd Times New Testament Jesus Person Maturity ManualMy Bible Speaks to MePromises To Live By, Twelve Angels from Hell (1965), Born Old (1966) original title The Little People, I'm Not Mad at God (1967), Parents on Trial (1967)Hey, Preach . . . You're Comin' Through! (1968) I've Given Up On Parents (1969), Man, Have I Got Problems (1969) Purple Violet Squish (1969), Rebel's Bible (1970), Get Your Hands Off My Throat (1971), The Untapped Generation (with Don Wilkerson) (1971), What Every Teenager Should Know About Drugs (1971), Jesus Person Pocket Promise Book (1972)The Jesus walk: Selected "why's"