Christian golfers at this year's Master's tournament in Augusta, Ga., are seeking ways to make the home of the Masters more famous as the home of "the Master," Jesus Christ.
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REPORTER: DAVID COOK WROTE A
BEST SELLER ABOUT A FICTIONAL
GOLFER THAT LED TO THE MOVIE
"SEVEN DAYS IN UTOPIA."
GOLF'S SACRE
JOURNEY."
LIFE GOLFERS.
A STAGGERING NUMBER HAVE WRITTEN
TO TELL HIM ABOUT THE BOOK.
I HAVE ASKED JESUS TO BECOME
THE LORD OF MY LIFE.
WE HAD 60,000 THE FIRST MONTH
AND 129 THE NEXT MONTH.
REPORTER: NOW JOINED BY THE
SEQUEL "JOHNNY'S U.S. OPEN."
JIM SEECREST HAS GIVEN OUT MANY
BOOKS AND SAYS MANY ARE DOING
THE SAME.
80,000 OF THE FIRST 100,000
BOOKS WENT OUT IN PACKS OF TEN.
THAT IS THE JOHNNY PROJECT.
REPORTER: JOHNNY
REVOLUTIONIZERS GOLFS PLAY AND
POINTS THEM TO ETERNITY.
SAYS I WANT
TO BE A JOHNNY.
IT IS NOT JUST GUYS.
AUGUSTA'S MADELINE TURNER HAS
GIVEN AWAY 50.
TWO IN MY BAG AND TWO IN MY
CAR.
WHEN I START RUNNING LOW I GET
THE SHAKES.
REPORTER: TURNER'S FRIEND TOM
SAYS IT IS HELPFUL.
THIS LITTLE BOOK MAY SHOW YOU
BALANCE.IND RHYTHM AND
MCKINLEYER: PASTOR
GOLF MINISTRY SINCE
THEY WERE LESS THAN TWO MILES
FROM THE MASTERS.
INTERNATIONAL
AUGUSTA.IN
REPORTER: FRIEND DAVID COOK
INSISTED THEY USE THE LAST WORD.
AUGUSTA IS THE NAME THAT WILL
DRAW PEOPLE TO YOU FROM ALL OVER
THE WORLD ONE DAY BECAUSE OF ONE
GOD, AUGUSTA WILL BE KNOWN FOR
THE MASTER VS. THE MASTERS.
THIS IS THE HOME AND HEART OF
THE JOHNNY PROJECT.
WHAT A WONDERFUL WAY TO SHARE
THE LOVE OF CHRIST AND BE ABLE
TO CHANGE SOMEBODY'S LIFE.
REPORTER: CARSON MCDANIEL SAW
THIS UP CLOSE IN THE LIFE OF A
FRIEND TRACEY HE HAD BEEN
PRAYING FOR.
ONE DAY THEY WERE GOLFING IN
OKLAHOMA.
TRACY SAID CARSON, I NEED TO
TELL YOU SOMETHING, I GAVE MY
LIFE TO THE LORD.
ON A 100 DEGREE DAY IN OKLAHOMA,
IT GAVE ME CHILLS.
REPORTER: TRACY TOLD MCDANIEL
IT WAS BECAUSE OF THE PROJECT.
JOHNNY PROJECT GROUPS ARE
FORMING AROUND THE COUNTRY AND
THEY HELD A NATIONAL RETREAT TO
STEP IT UP A NOTCH.
MANY GOLFERS WILL NEVER GO INTO
A CHURCH TO FIND GOD SO
CHRISTIANS NEED TO TAKE GOD TO
THE GOLF COURSES.
IT IS A RELAXED OPPORTUNITY
TO HAVE NATURAL CONVERSATION
WITH PEOPLE.
WHAT BETTER WAY TO FIND OUT
WHERE A MAN OR WOMAN IS IN THEIR
LIFE AND ARE THEY HAVING TRIALS
OR TRIBULATION.
IT IS SUCH A PEACEFUL QUIET
ENVIRONMENT.
YOU CAN SHARE YOUR LIFE.
ECCLESIASTES SAYS GOD HAS
PLANTED ETERNITY IN THE HEART OF
EVERY MAN.
LIKE AEJUST NEED
FELLOW GOLFER TO SHOW THEM HOW
TO REACH IT.
PAUL STRAND, CBN NEWS, AUGUSTA.
