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==Biography==
==Biography==
Buice has served as a pastor of Pray's Baptist Church in Douglasville, Georgia<ref>{{cite web|title=Pray's Mill Baptist Church – Church Leaders|url=http://praysmill.com/our-leaders/|publisher=Pray's Mill Baptist Church|accessdate=June 10, 2023|year=2023}}</ref> since August 2010. He has a [[Bachelors of Business Administration|B.S.B.A.]] from the University of West Georgia (2001) and has also earned [[Masters of Divinity|M.Div]] and [[Doctorate of Ministry|D.Min]] degrees from the [[Southern Baptist Theological Seminary]] in 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Grace Baptist Theological Seminary (GPTS) Announcements|url=http://gbtseminary.org/announcing-dr-josh-buice-assistant-professor-of-preaching/|publisher=Grace Baptist Theological Seminary (GPTS)|accessdate=June 10, 2023|year=2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Gospel-Grace-Glory: An Examination of G3 Ministries|url=http://sharperiron.org/article/gospel-grace-glory-examination-of-g3-ministries/|publisher=Sharper Iron|access-date=10 June 2023}}</ref>
Buice has served as a pastor of Pray's Baptist Church in Douglasville, Georgia since August 2010. He has a [[Bachelors of Business Administration|B.S.B.A.]] from the University of West Georgia (2001) and has also earned [[Masters of Divinity|M.Div]] and [[Doctorate of Ministry|D.Min]] degrees from the [[Southern Baptist Theological Seminary]] in 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.


===G3 Ministries===
===G3 Ministries===
Buice is the Founder and currently serves 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 was 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=G3 Ministries History|url=http://g3min.org/about/history/|publisher=[[G3 Ministries]]|accessdate=June 10, 2023|year=2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Gospel-Grace-Glory: An Examination of G3 Ministries|url=http://sharperiron.org/article/gospel-grace-glory-examination-of-g3-ministries/|publisher=Sharper Iron|access-date=10 June 2023}}</ref>
Buice is the Founder and currently serves 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 was 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.


===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").<ref>{{Cite web | first=Tom | last=Ascol | url=https://statementonsocialjustice.com/ | title=History and Formation | website=Statement on Social Justice and the Gospel}}</ref>
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").


[[Tom Ascol]] was given the responsibility to write the original draft,<ref>{{Cite web | first=Tom | last=Ascol | url=https://statementonsocialjustice.com/ | title=History and Formation | website=Statement on Social Justice and the Gospel}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://statementonsocialjustice.com/#Signers | title=Signers. | website=Statement on Social Justice and the Gospel}}</ref>
[[Tom Ascol]] was given the responsibility to write the original draft,<ref>{{Cite web | first=Tom | last=Ascol | url=https://statementonsocialjustice.com/ | title=History and Formation | website=Statement on Social Justice and the Gospel}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Pray's Mill Baptist Church leaves the SBC|url=http://churchleaders.com/news/414152-g3-ministries-presidents-church-leaves-the-sbc-beth-moore-jokes-she-started-a-movement.html/|publisher=Church Leaders|accessdate=June 10, 2023|year=2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Gospel-Grace-Glory: An Examination of G3 Ministries|url=http://sharperiron.org/article/gospel-grace-glory-examination-of-g3-ministries/|publisher=Sharper Iron|access-date=10 June 2023}}</ref>
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.


== Personal life ==
== Personal life ==

Revision as of 00:22, 28 September 2023

Joshua S. (Josh) Buice is an Christian pastor, author, and the founder (and the current president) of G3 Ministries. He is currently the senior pastor of Pray's Mill Baptist Church in Douglasville, Georgia, where he has served for 13 years as of August 2023.

Biography

Buice has served as a pastor of Pray's Baptist Church in Douglasville, Georgia since August 2010. 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.

G3 Ministries

Buice is the Founder and currently serves 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 was 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.

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 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,[1] 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

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.

Personal life

Buice and his wife Kari Buice have four children and currently reside in the Atlanta, Georgia metropolitan area.

Publications

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