G3 Ministries
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| Formation | 2020 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Josh Buice, former President |
| Headquarters | Douglasville, Georgia |
President | Vacant |
Executive Vice President and Editor-in-Chief | Scott Aniol |
Vice President of Ministry Relations | Virgil Walker |
Director of Operations | Laramie Manga |
| Website | g3min |
Formerly called | G3 Conference |
G3 Ministries (or G3) is a 501(c)(3) organization and a Reformed Baptist ministry in the United States. The ministry organization was formally formed in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, and is most widely known for hosting the G3 Conference (Gospel – Grace – Glory) that has been held since 2013.[1] The ministry says that its goal is to educate, encourage, and equip local churches with sound biblical theology. The Founder and first President of the organization is Josh Buice.[2] The current position of president is vacant as of May 2025.
The G3 Conference held its first conference in 2013 in Douglasville, Georgia on the campus of Pray's Mill Baptist Church, where the Founder and current President Josh Buice has served as Pastor since 2010. The conference originally was held on an annual basis with several hundreds of attendees, but has since grown in conference attendance numbers to have several thousands of attendees. Since the formation of G3 Ministries in 2020, the conference is now held biennially (i.e. once every two years), in addition to occasional regional conferences (which cover a specific topic and have smaller audiences).[3]
The national conferences grew to become one of the largest evangelical Christian conferences (and the largest Reformed Baptist conference) in the United States and globally.[citation needed] The conference has featured multiple notable figures in Christianity as conference speakers, including John MacArthur, Voddie Baucham, James White, Ken Ham, and Steven Lawson.[4] As of May 2025, following the resignation of Josh Buice, and in response to concerns with "celebrity Christianity", G3 began shifting away from large national conferences and will instead be helping local churches organize local conferences (similar to the previously held regional conferences).[citation needed]
G3 Ministries has operated G3 Press since its founding in 2020, and has released book publications on theological, doctrinal, and other Christian-related topics. It began publishing Gloria Deo Journal of Theology in 2022.[5] G3 Ministries also operates a network of Reformed Baptist churches known as the G3 Church Network, which includes a number of churches who have left the Southern Baptist Convention following the exit of Pray's Mill Baptist Church, which was pastored by G3's founder and former president Josh Buice.[6]
On May 12, 2025, G3 Ministries announced the resignation of Josh Buice as president due to inappropriate conduct. Buice was also placed on indefinite leave as an elder at Pray's Mill Baptist Church.[7][8] According to G3, Buice had multiple anonymous social media accounts and substack accounts he had used to purposefully slander G3 speakers and fellow leaders at his own local church:
Dr. Buice had been asked on multiple occasions over the past two years whether he had any connection to these anonymous accounts. In each case, he denied any knowledge of them. On Sunday evening, May 4, 2025, after clear and comprehensive evidence emerged linking the accounts directly to him, the elders of PMBC confronted Josh. For some time, he continued to deny his involvement. Only after further evidence was presented and much pleading with him to walk in the light did Josh finally confess to his actions. Since then, Josh has acknowledged his sin, expressed sorrow, and asked for forgiveness. His desire is to personally ask forgiveness of every person he has slandered or lied to. While Josh has acknowledged with the elders that he is presently disqualified from serving as an elder, we do not believe at this time that his sin is necessarily permanently disqualifying. Accordingly, his content will remain accessible via the G3 website and G3+. To be clear, no other employee or board member of G3 knew Josh was engaged in this activity; he acted alone.[9]
After initially announcing that it would keep Buice's content online, G3 reversed course the following day and removed them.[10] It also canceled its 2025 conference scheduled for September, since Buice had "had targeted several speakers on the lineup".[11]
References
[edit]- ^ "G3 Ministries History". G3 Ministries. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
- ^ "G3 Ministries Leadership". G3 Ministries. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
- ^ "Gospel-Grace-Glory: An Examination of G3 Ministries". Sharper Iron. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
- ^ "Gospel-Grace-Glory: An Examination of G3 Ministries". Sharper Iron. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
- ^ "Gloria Deo Journal of Theology". G3 Ministries. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
- ^ "G3 Ministries President's Church Leaves the SBC; Beth Moore Jokes She Started a Movement". Church Leaders. 5 January 2022. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
- ^ Blair, Leonardo (13 May 2025). "G3 Ministries President Josh Buice resigns after confessing to slandering Christian leaders". Christian Post. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
- ^ Alund, Natalie Neysa (14 May 2025). "Pastor removed over fake social media accounts used to slam other ministers". USA Today. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
- ^ "Statement Regarding Josh Buice".
- ^ Roys, Julie; Shambaugh, Ann Marie (15 May 2025). "Josh Buice Used Fake Account to Email Allegations About Voddie Baucham to The Roys Report". The Roys Report. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
- ^ Shellnutt, Kate (17 May 2025). "G3 Ministries: Founder Used Fake Profiles to Slam Fellow Christians". Christianity Today. Retrieved 21 May 2025.