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| image = Buice | | image = File:Josh-Buice.jpg | ||
| birth_name = Joshua S. Buice | | birth_name = Joshua S. Buice | ||
| birth_date = June 14, 1977 | | birth_date = June 14, 1977 | ||
| birth_place = [[wikipedia:Atlanta, Georgia|Atlanta, Georgia]] | | birth_place = [[wikipedia:Atlanta, Georgia|Atlanta]], [[wikipedia:Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] | ||
| residency = [[wikipedia:Douglasville, Georgia|Douglasville, Georgia]] | | residency = [[wikipedia:Douglasville, Georgia|Douglasville]], [[wikipedia:Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] | ||
| occupation = [[Pastor]], author | | occupation = [[Pastor]], author | ||
| affiliations = [[Pray's Mill Baptist Church]] | | affiliations = [[Pray's Mill Baptist Church]]<br>[[G3 Ministries]] | ||
| spouse = [[Kari Ellis Buice]] | | spouse = [[Kari Ellis Buice]] | ||
| children = 2 sons, 2 daughters | | children = 2 sons, 2 daughters | ||
| website = | | website = | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''Joshua S. (Josh) Buice''' is a Christian author, and was the founder (and former president) of [[G3 Ministries]] and the former pastor of Pray's Mill Baptist Church in [[wikipedia:Douglasville, Georgia|Douglasville, Georgia]], where he had served for the last 15 years. | '''Joshua S. (Josh) Buice''' is a Christian author, and was the founder (and former president) of [[G3 Ministries]] and the former pastor of Pray's Mill Baptist Church in [[wikipedia:Douglasville, Georgia|Douglasville]], [[wikipedia:Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], where he had served for the last 15 years. | ||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
Buice served as a pastor of Pray's Baptist Church in [[wikipedia:Douglasville, Georgia|Douglasville, Georgia]] since August 2010. He has a [[wikipedia:Bachelors of Business Administration|B.S.B.A.]] from the [[wikipedia:University of West Georgia]] (2001) and has also earned [[wikipedia:Masters of Divinity|M.Div]] and [[wikipedia:Doctorate of Ministry|D.Min]] degrees from the [[Southern Baptist Theological Seminary]] in [[wikipedia:Louisville, Kentucky|Louisville, Kentucky]]. As of April 2023, [[Grace Bible Theological Seminary|Grace Bible Theological Seminary (GPTS)]] announced that Buice will begin serving as an assistant professor of preaching at the seminary. | Buice served as a pastor of [[Pray's Mill Baptist Church]] in [[wikipedia:Douglasville, Georgia|Douglasville]], [[wikipedia:Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] since August 2010. He has a [[wikipedia:Bachelors of Business Administration|B.S.B.A.]] from the [[wikipedia:University of West Georgia|University of West Georgia]] (2001) and has also earned [[wikipedia:Masters of Divinity|M.Div]] and [[wikipedia:Doctorate of Ministry|D.Min]] degrees from the [[Southern Baptist Theological Seminary]] in [[wikipedia:Louisville, Kentucky|Louisville]], [[wikipedia:Kentucky|Kentucky]]. As of April 2023, [[Grace Bible Theological Seminary|Grace Bible Theological Seminary (GPTS)]] announced that Buice will begin serving as an assistant professor of preaching at the seminary. | ||
===G3 Ministries=== | ===G3 Ministries=== | ||
Buice is the Founder and was the first President of [[G3 Ministries]] (resigned on May 12, 2025). 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 [[wikipedia:Douglasville, Georgia|Douglasville, Georgia]] where Buice serves as Pastor. As the conference grew, a 501(c)(3) organization was formed in 2020 during the [[wikipedia:COVID-19 pandemic|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. | Buice is the Founder and was the first President of [[G3 Ministries]] (resigned on May 12, 2025). 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 [[wikipedia:Douglasville, Georgia|Douglasville]], [[wikipedia:Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] where Buice serves as Pastor. As the conference grew, a 501(c)(3) organization was formed in 2020 during the [[wikipedia:COVID-19 pandemic|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. | ||
===Statement on Social Justice and the Gospel=== | ===Statement on Social Justice and the Gospel=== | ||
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 evangelicalism|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]]"). | In June 2018, Buice organized a meeting in [[wikipedia:Dallas, Texas|Dallas]], [wikipedia:Texas|Texas]] with other conservative evangelicals to address the issue of a rising [[wikipedia:Social justice|social justice movement]] among [[American evangelicalism|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]]"). | ||
[[Tom Ascol]] was given the responsibility to write the original draft, 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. | [[Tom Ascol]] was given the responsibility to write the original draft, 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. | ||
===Exit from the Southern Baptist Convention=== | ===Exit from the Southern Baptist Convention=== | ||
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. | 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. | ||
===Removed as president of G3 ministries=== | ===Removed as president of G3 ministries=== | ||
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A few days later Buice acknowledged making "unsubstantiated and sinful remarks" against [[Voddie Baucham]]. Buice had used a fake email address to send anonymous allegations about Baucham to ''[[The Roys Report]]''. | A few days later Buice acknowledged making "unsubstantiated and sinful remarks" against [[Voddie Baucham]]. Buice had used a fake email address to send anonymous allegations about Baucham to ''[[The Roys Report]]''. | ||
== Personal life == | ===Personal life=== | ||
Buice and his wife [[Kari Buice]] have four children and currently reside in the Atlanta, Georgia metropolitan area. | Buice and his wife [[Kari Buice]] have four children and currently reside in the Atlanta, Georgia metropolitan area. | ||
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*''[[The New Calvinism: New Reformation or Theological Fad? (Book)|The New Calvinism: New Reformation or Theological Fad?]]'' (Author) | *''[[The New Calvinism: New Reformation or Theological Fad? (Book)|The New Calvinism: New Reformation or Theological Fad?]]'' (Author) | ||
== | ==See also== | ||
*[ | *[[Scott Aniol]] | ||
*[ | *[[Virgil Walker]] | ||
*[[Laramie Minga]] | |||
*[[Tom Ascol]] | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||