On Tuesday, May 13, Founders Ministries released a statement saying that its president, Tom Ascol, was a target of former G3 Ministries’ president Dr. Josh Buice’s “wicked words.”
In addition to his role at Founders Ministries, Ascol is the senior pastor of Grace Baptist Church in Cape Coral, Florida, and a founding faculty member of Founders Seminary.
On Monday, Pray’s Mill Baptist Church (PMBC) and G3 Ministries announced that Buice had resigned as president of G3 Ministries and was put on indefinite leave as pastor of PMBC. The news came after PMBC elders discovered Buice had been using multiple anonymous social media accounts to speak ill of Christian leaders, both publicly and privately.
PMBC elders shared in a statement that Buice admitted to having the accounts following a two-hour confrontation.
“On Sunday evening, May 4, 2025, after clear and comprehensive evidence emerged linking the accounts directly to him, the elders of PMBC confronted Josh,” the statement said. “For two hours, 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.”
Elders said that Buice “acknowledged his sin, expressed sorrow, and asked for forgiveness” and desired to make things right by “personally [asking] forgiveness of every person he has slandered or lied to.”
Based on a statement released by Founders Ministries, it appears Buice hasn’t wasted any time making those amends.
“We have been informed by the G3 board and the elders of Prays [sic] Mill Baptist Church, and Josh Buice himself of his sinful, deceitful, and slanderous activities engaged under the cover of anonymous accounts, emails, and substacks over the last several years,” the statement began. “Because his actions demonstrate his disqualification for spiritual leadership, we have removed all of Josh’s content from our Founders website.”
The statement indicated that “a large percentage” of Buice’s “wicked words and actions were directed at Founders Ministries, our President, Tom Ascol, and his family.”
The ministry thanked everyone who has reached out to express “concern and support” and expressed grief over Buice’s actions.
