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Setting the Record Straight on the GTY/G3/ Cessationist Conference ‘Rift’

Last week, one X user noticed a change in the marketing material for the upcoming Cessationist conference being put on by G3, showing the venue was no longer being held at Grace Community Church and was no longer an advertised ‘ministry partner.’ This prompted a question that’s been viewed nearly 100,000 times for an event that’s still a year away.

Naturally, several folk took note and express their surprise at the news.

While that’s all well and good, one industrious follower claimed that the venue changed because John MacArthur wanted to distance himself from G3 over a disagreement regarding the Eternal functional subordination of the Son (EFS).

This alleged rift, however, was denied by Cessationist movie writer David Lovi, who explained it had to do with a venue change and that there is no rift.

It was also denied by Johnson, who praised G3 for their conferences and explained that while GTY was removed from the marketing material after the venue changed, there are no known theological conflicts between the two groups and ministry representatives were still going as conference speakers and would be participating fully in the event.

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New Details Emerge About G3 Bomb Threat, Suspect

While the bomb threat at G3 turned out to be a false alarm, new details have emerged surrounding the terrifying and unsettling event.

Contrary to initial reports, a bomb threat was not phoned into 911 or to conference organizers, as some have speculated. Instead, 33-year-old Timothy Mixon, an attendee at the event, ran up on stage before a showing of John MacArthur’s The Essential Church and shouted, “There’s a bomb in the building!”

Mixon escaped but was found outside, apprehended by security staff, and turned over to local law enforcement. He was booked into the Clayton County jail, where he faces serious charges.

According to the Georgia penal code 16-10-28.,

A person commits the offense of transmitting a false public alarm when he or she knowingly and intentionally transmits in any manner a report or warning knowing at the time of the transmission that there is no reasonable ground for believing such report or warning and when the report or warning relates to:

(1) A destructive device or hazardous substance is located in such a place that its explosion, detonation, or release would endanger human life or cause injury or damage to property;.

…a person convicted of a violation of subsection (b) of this Code section shall be punished as for a misdemeanor of a high and aggravated nature and upon conviction for a second or subsequent violation of subsection (b) of this Code section shall be guilty of a felony and punished by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than ten years, by a fine of not less than $5,000.00, or both

It does not appear Mixon has any visible or publicly facing social media accounts, at least any that we could find and verify.

After the conference center was evacuated, multiple agencies responded to the terroristic threat. Bomb technicians cleared the building, aided by explosive detecting dogs and armed with a total Containment Vessel, which they thankfully never had to use.

Sources have told us that Mixon was “mentally disturbed” and allegedly snapped after seeing someone in a hijab, either in person or in a video clip, triggering his PTSD. Conference organizers are not pressing charges, but given the nature of the threat, it is out of their hands.

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G3 Conference Evacuated After Bomb Threat: Suspect Arrested

Hundreds of people evacuated from the G3 Conference after a man ran up on stage and claimed that there was a bomb in the building and that the fire alarms were not working, according to sources and conference organizers.

Attendees were just about to watch a screening of John MacArthur’s ‘The Essential Church,’ the last event of the night, when the threat occurred. The man was apprehended by security and turned over to police.

Law enforcement from multiple agencies swept and evacuated the building, leaving some people to head back to their hotels and start worshiping while they waited to hear more.

Other than a small programming change, the event is expected to continue as planned.