May 17, 2025

Resigned G3 Ministries president Josh Buice apologized Friday for using fake accounts to spread “unsubstantiated and sinful remarks” against fellow Reformed Baptist leaders.

“I was deceived by the deceitfulness of sin and allowed myself to be led down a path that dishonored God and unjustly maligned faithful men and ministries through an unrighteous, critical spirit cloaked in anonymity,” Buice said in a post from G3. It’s the first public statement shared from Buice since the ministry announced his removal four days prior.

Buice brought up “unsubstantiated and sinful remarks” made against author and speaker Voddie Baucham and said that he met privately with Baucham to apologize.

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On Friday evening, The Roys Report wrote that it received a tip last year from an email address that Buice’s church has since confirmed as one of his fake accounts. According to the story, the email message questioned Baucham’s $1.1 million fundraiser to cover medical expenses from his 2021 heart failure and suggested his book Fault Lines contained plagiarism.

On X, G3 board member Tom Buck said Buice’s apology “lacked true repentance.” Buck said Buice hadn’t confessed to the email tip when he met with Baucham—The Roys Report story wasn’t out yet. Buice’s...

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