🎙️ Episode Overview

• Podcast: Perspectivalist S6 E3

• Host: Uri Brito

• Guest: Dr. Scott Aniol, Executive VP at G3 Ministries

• Location: Church of the Redeemer, Monroe, LA

• Occasion: 12th year of Jubilate Deo Music Camp

🔗 G3 Ministries Website
🔗 Scott Aniol's Author Page
🔗 Jubilate Deo Music Camp

• Dr. Aniol shares his long-term involvement with Jubilate Deo and the shift from traditional VBS to Bible and Music Camp.

• Camp includes folk dancing, choral singing, and music literacy through dance.

• Emphasis on beauty and coherence in worship rooted in theology, especially starting from childhood.

• Initial hesitation from some Christians about dancing due to secular connotations.

• Folk dancing is a joyful and wholesome expression of faith and embodiment of Psalmic worship (e.g., Psalm 149:3).

• Dance is viewed as an overflow of Sunday liturgy, not a replacement of it.

• Raised in a musically and theologically rich environment.

• Influenced by Jonathan Edwards and C.S. Lewis, emphasizing beauty, truth, and goodness in worship.

• Pursued theological reflection on art, music, and liturgy across evangelicalism.

• The unchanging liturgy of the church offers stability amid cultural and social media volatility.

• Warning against virtual ecclesiologies and the danger of losing real, embodied church community.

History & Mission

• Started in 2013 as a local church conference led by Josh Buice at Pray’s Mill Baptist Church.

• Grown to include:

  • G3 Press – publishing theological books and devotionals
    🔗 G3 Books

  • G3 Plus – streaming platform with sermons, lectures, and courses
    🔗 G3+ Streaming

  • G3 Church Network – ~215 churches subscribing to 1689 Baptist Confession
    🔗 Church Directory

  • Family worship resources, theological journals, and more.

Leadership Transition

• Josh Buice's resignation handled with transparency and speed, widely praised by constituents.

• G3's structure allowed it to continue uninterrupted, avoiding personality-centered collapse.

New Logo & Vision

• Rebranding started before the resignation but accelerated after.

• Vision Statement published to affirm the continuity and a renewed commitment to resourcing the church.

🔗 G3 Renewed Vision Statement (2025)

• Emphasis on:

  • Unity over competition in the evangelical world

  • Collaboration among ministries and local pastors

  • Spotlighting faithful unknown pastors (e.g., David DeBruyn in South Africa)

• Addressing the problems of celebrity culture in evangelicalism:

  • Not faulting godly men like MacArthur, Piper, or Voddie Baucham

  • Critiquing the culture that idolizes them

• The most important ministry: faithful local presence—family, church, liturgy.

• Social media should be a tool, not a substitute, for embodied Christian life.

• G3 remains committed to Scripture-rooted, theologically rich content for families and churches.

🏕️ Music & Liturgy💃 Dance in Christian Life📖 Aniol’s Theological Background🏛️ Church Stability vs. Cultural Shifts📡 G3 Ministries: Past, Present, and Future🔄 Future Direction✝️ Final Reflections