timeline
for Gospel Trick Shot
Ministries, Inc. (GTS)
January 20, 1997 GTS begins. The GTS Show features the creative use of billiard trick shots as gospel trick shots. It was first designed to entertain and encourage young people at local churches.
1998 GTS begins appearing on college campuses, partnering with campus ministries.
2000 started working in the billiard industry at both pro and amateur events.
2001 went international working with billiard federations and international mission teams.
NOW GTS continues to work in various billiard venues, encouraging people to consider the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Ministries, Inc. (GTS)
January 20, 1997 GTS begins. The GTS Show features the creative use of billiard trick shots as gospel trick shots. It was first designed to entertain and encourage young people at local churches.
1998 GTS begins appearing on college campuses, partnering with campus ministries.
2000 started working in the billiard industry at both pro and amateur events.
2001 went international working with billiard federations and international mission teams.
NOW GTS continues to work in various billiard venues, encouraging people to consider the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Meet God's Pool Player
Steve Lillis, founder of Gospel Trick Shot, used to be a notorious bar room pool hustler who slept by day and made his money by night. Drugs, alcohol, and women all accompanied that lifestyle. "I was on a path of destruction," he remembers, "but was blinded by apparent success. I rejected God because I felt that my destiny was in my hands, the cue stick, and winning."
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about the college tours
Our first GTS college shows began with campuses in the Northern New Jersey area working with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. Since then campus ministries like Campus Crusade, Campus Ambassadors, Chi Alpha Christian Fellowship, International Student Friendship Ministries, and others have all invited Steve to their respective campuses.
New Jersey schools like WPU, FDU, NJIT, PCCC, Ramapo, Princeton, Rutgers, ECC, MSU, and Drew have been visited and revisited often for the past 11 years. In 1998 GTS began to go out of state starting with the University of Minnesota and GTS has been back every year since. Other schools like Arizona State, Maryland, Bradley, Southern Illinois, MIT, RPI, New Hampshire, Texas A&M, Nassau County College, FIT, and many others have contacted Steve through the years to have him come to do his GTS Shows.
World Champions Mike Massey and Tom "Dr. Cue" Rossman have at times joined Steve in visiting college campuses.
If you know an interested campus pastor or campus ministry please have them contact the GTS office at 973-572-7287 or email at [email protected] to discuss further how we can together reach students with the gospel by using creative trick shots on a pool table.
New Jersey schools like WPU, FDU, NJIT, PCCC, Ramapo, Princeton, Rutgers, ECC, MSU, and Drew have been visited and revisited often for the past 11 years. In 1998 GTS began to go out of state starting with the University of Minnesota and GTS has been back every year since. Other schools like Arizona State, Maryland, Bradley, Southern Illinois, MIT, RPI, New Hampshire, Texas A&M, Nassau County College, FIT, and many others have contacted Steve through the years to have him come to do his GTS Shows.
World Champions Mike Massey and Tom "Dr. Cue" Rossman have at times joined Steve in visiting college campuses.
If you know an interested campus pastor or campus ministry please have them contact the GTS office at 973-572-7287 or email at [email protected] to discuss further how we can together reach students with the gospel by using creative trick shots on a pool table.
