The G3 Church Network is reportedly shutting down effective immediately as an explosive dispute involving plagiarism allegations against Texas pastor Tom Buck sends shock waves through the Reformed Baptist community.
According to an email obtained by discernment website Protestia and reported by The Christian Post, G3 informed its ministry partners that it was "dissolving the G3 Church Network effective immediately." The brief message promised to cancel recurring membership dues and ended with a striking admission: "We are sorry for any pain we have caused you."
The dramatic collapse came shortly after four pastors from Pray's Mill Baptist Church-Scott Aniol, Matt Sikes, Dylan Joyner and Jon Norton-resigned and asked Buck and the elders of First Baptist Church of Lindale, Texas, for forgiveness. Aniol was not only a Pray's Mill pastor but also president of G3 Ministries, placing one of the network's most prominent leaders at the center of the scandal.
"We have sinned against God and against Tom Buck and the leadership of FBC Lindale," the four pastors declared. They confessed that they had "sinfully meddled" in another autonomous church's disciplinary process and had criticized its handling of the situation without knowing all the details.
The controversy began with an anonymously written dossier accusing Buck of regularly plagiarizing sermons. Protestia later reported that the material could be traced to Pray's Mill Baptist Church, which maintained ties to the G3 Network. The pastors' apology acknowledged their improper involvement but did not, in the quoted letter, settle every factual question surrounding the original plagiarism claims.
The fallout moved with breathtaking speed. G3 reportedly dissolved a network representing more than 100 affiliated churches, announced plans to close its X account and appeared to remove its Facebook and Instagram pages. Its website, however, was still advertising the May 2027 "Faithful in the Ordinary" conference when The Christian Post published its report, leaving questions about whether G3 Ministries itself-or only its church network-is ending.
For G3, the scandal is especially devastating because the organization built its reputation around biblical fidelity, expository preaching, church discipline and doctrinal accountability. Its leaders are now confronting uncomfortable questions about whether those same principles were honored behind the scenes.
The implosion also follows an earlier leadership scandal. Aniol became G3 president after founder Josh Buice resigned in 2025, admitting that he had used anonymous social-media accounts, email addresses and online platforms to publicly disparage Christian leaders. Less than a year later, another controversy involving anonymous accusations has apparently brought the G3 Church Network to its knees.
G3 Ministries had not publicly confirmed the network's dissolution on its website at the time of The Christian Post report. The publication said it had contacted the organization for comment but had not yet received a response.
