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Josh Buice
BornJoshua S. Buice
June 14, 1977
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
OccupationPastor, author, theologian
GenreTheology, culture
SpouseKari Buice[1][2]
Website
g3min.org

Joshua S. (Josh) Buice (born June 14, 1977[3]) is a Christian author and attends Pray's Mill Baptist Church in Douglasville, Georgia, where he has served for 15 years. He was formerly the founder (and president) of G3 Ministries. In May 2025 he was placed on indefinite leave by the church.

Biography

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Buice served as a pastor of Pray's Mill Baptist Church in Douglasville, Georgia[4] since August 2010 until May 2025. He has a B.S.B.A. from the University of West Georgia (2001) and has also earned M.Div and D.Min degrees from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. As of April 2023, Grace Bible Theological Seminary (GPTS) announced that Buice will begin serving as an assistant professor of preaching at the seminary.[5][6]

G3 Ministries

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Buice is the Founder and formerly served (resigned on May 12, 2025)[7] as the President of G3 Ministries. G3 began with the first G3 Conference (Gospel – Grace – Glory) in 2013, which was held on the campus of Pray's Mill Baptist Church in Douglasville, Georgia where Josh Buice serves as Pastor. As the conference grew, a 501(c)(3) organization had been formed in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic to become a ministry organization that hosts the G3 Conference biennially, along with other workshops and trainings, and to provide various theological multimedia resources for local churches.[8][9]

Statement on Social Justice and the Gospel

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In June 2018, Buice organized a meeting in Dallas, Texas with other conservative evangelicals to address the issue of a rising social justice movement among American Evangelicals. Buice and others claimed that those in that movement were mixing the Christian Gospel and the social gospel, which led to the drafting of the Statement on Social Justice and the Gospel (which is also referred to as "The Dallas Statement").[10]

Tom Ascol was given the responsibility to write the original draft,[11] which upon revision was signed first by the original summit attendees also including James White, John MacArthur, Voddie Baucham, and others. Over ten thousand churches or individuals have since added their signatures on the website that was for the statement.[12]

Exit from the Southern Baptist Convention

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In January 2022, Buice announced that Pray's Mill Baptist Church was leaving the Southern Baptist Convention, claiming that leaders in the SBC were "behind the scenes" working on a "devious deconstruction plan" for the convention, and that the convention had largely shifted away from a theologically conservative denomination towards a more liberal-influenced one.[13][14]

Removed as president of G3 Ministries

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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.[15][16] 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.[17]

A few days later Buice acknowledged making "unsubstantiated and sinful remarks" against Voddie Baucham.[18] Buice had used a fake email address to send anonymous allegations about Baucham to The Roys Report.[19][20]

Publications

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  • The New Calvinism: New Reformation or Theological Fad? (Author)

References

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  1. ^ "Official Obituary of Patty Ellis". High Tower Family Funeral Homes. Retrieved 4 June 2025.
  2. ^ "Why Our Church Partners with Classical Conversations". Classical Conversations. Retrieved 4 June 2025.
  3. ^ Buice, Josh (13 June 2017). "15 Reflections on 15 Years of Preaching". G3 Ministries. G3 Ministries. Archived from the original on 5 March 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
  4. ^ "Pray's Mill Baptist Church – Church Leaders". Pray's Mill Baptist Church. 2023. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
  5. ^ Moore, Jeff (2023). "Grace Baptist Theological Seminary (GPTS) Announcements". Grace Bible Theological Seminary. Grace Baptist Theological Seminary (GPTS). Retrieved June 10, 2023.
  6. ^ "Gospel-Grace-Glory: An Examination of G3 Ministries". Sharper Iron. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  7. ^ G3 (2025-05-12). "Statement Regarding Josh Buice". G3 Ministries. Retrieved 2025-05-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ "G3 Ministries History". G3 Ministries. 2023. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
  9. ^ "Gospel-Grace-Glory: An Examination of G3 Ministries". Sharper Iron. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  10. ^ Ascol, Tom. "History and Formation". Statement on Social Justice and the Gospel.
  11. ^ Ascol, Tom. "History and Formation". Statement on Social Justice and the Gospel.
  12. ^ "Signers". Statement on Social Justice and the Gospel.
  13. ^ "Pray's Mill Baptist Church leaves the SBC". Church Leaders. 2023. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
  14. ^ "Gospel-Grace-Glory: An Examination of G3 Ministries". Sharper Iron. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  15. ^ Blair, Leonardo (13 May 2025). "G3 Ministries President Josh Buice resigns after confessing to slandering Christian leaders". Christian Post. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
  16. ^ Alund, Natalie Neysa (14 May 2025). "Pastor removed over fake social media accounts used to slam other ministers". USA Today. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
  17. ^ "Statement Regarding Josh Buice".
  18. ^ Shellnutt, Kate (17 May 2025). "G3 Ministries: Founder Used Fake Profiles to Slam Fellow Christians". Christianity Today. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
  19. ^ 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.
  20. ^ Blair, Leonardo (19 May 2025). "Josh Buice recants claim that Voddie Baucham's $1.4M heart surgery campaign was 'deceitful'". Christian Post. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
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