In His Grip: Ministry uses golf to share Gospel with players
By ROSE FRENCH
Associated Press Writer
Fri, May. 04, 2007

NASHVILLE, Tenn. --It wasn't a big tent revival, TV evangelist or personal crisis that led Russ Sevedge back to church. It was big drives and fast greens.

Sevedge and other serious golfers like him are finding Jesus on the fairways because of the In His Grip Golf Association, a ministry that teaches churches how to use golf as a way to share the Gospel.

Founder Scott Lehman said he got the idea for In His Grip from driving by golf courses on Sunday mornings and seeing men teeing off instead of going to church.

"A lot of Sundays, you go by the golf course and they're really packed," Lehman said. "We felt like there was an opportunity to take our faith to the fairways and just meet them (golfers) where they're at and introduce them to the church and ultimately to Jesus Christ." the rest photo