By Elizbeth Prata
On a Friday evening on September 22, 2023, thousands of conference-goers were settling into their seats at the G3 Conference, ready and eager to view the premiere of The Essential Church documentary. G3 stands for ‘Gospel-Grace-Glory’ and the conference was founded by Atlanta-area pastor Josh Buice of Pray’s Mill Baptist Church.
Suddenly a person came on stage to announce there had been a bomb threat, and everyone must evacuate the cavernous building, the Georgia International Convention Center (GICC). Similar warnings were being issued in the adjacent vendor area. It’s a massive venue and it took a few moments for people to process the information and then act by moving toward exit doors.
Then dozens and hundreds of Law Enforcement and other first responders continuously checked and cleared the massive building for the few hours. Meanwhile, many of the attendees who were lodging at the next door hotel, congregated in the lobby.
A threat caller wants to disrupt normal activities by creating anxiety and panic. Well, the threat did disrupt activities, but it did not create fear or panic. The attendees simply streamed out of the GICC, went their separate ways, and prayed. Those who were lodging in the next-door hotel gathered in the Library and…sang.
They sang Great is Thy Faithfulness and the sound reverberated in the marble lobby and into the hearts and memories of many who were there. It moved those who viewed the recording later, too. Great IS thy faithfulness, Lord!
Bomb Threat at the G3 2023 Conference Led Us Back to the Hotel Lobby Where We Worshiped God in Song
The conference continued the next morning with only 1 minor adjustment to the schedule and concluded later that day as scheduled without incident.
The perp was arrested that very evening in the parking lot of the Conference Center, according to reports, Timothy Mixon, a 33-year old, was arrested and removed from the scene.
“Bomb threats create significant operational and psychological impacts.” FMI source
So what happened AFTER? I’ve been tracking the court case. The case in Clayton County Magistrate Court was filed the next morning, with a ‘Warrantless Arrest Affidavit Against MIXON, TIMOTHY MATTHEW.’ The charge was “False Public Alarm.”
A judge was assigned and Mixon’s first appearance was 09/24/2023 via ZOOM. Mixon’s bond was set $5000.00 with special conditions, and an application for indigent counsel was filed.
The next month, on October 24, there was a preliminary hearing via ZOOM. The next day a waiver of hearing was filed, with a case disposal.
The disposition of the case as of October 25, 2023 was that the case was “Bound Over to St. CT., Waver – Cnt 1 Warrantless.”
I’m not a lawyer but I believe this translates to being bound over from Magistrate Court to State Court.
According to Michael M. Hawkins, a Criminal Defense Attorney in Atlanta, GA, speaking not about this case but answering a question as to what “bound over” means,
“Bound over simply means the case is being sent forward in the court system to be prosecuted. A bind over can be from a municipal court to a state court, or from a magistrate court to a state court where there is a probable cause hearing. It is a normal step a case takes in the criminal justice system. The next step will be arraignment, where [defendant] will be advised of the charges pending against her, and will be given the opportunity to enter a plea of guilty (where [defendant] will go to sentencing), or not guilty (where [defendant] will be scheduled for trial).“
The case does not appear yet on the State Court website, so no further information is available at this point. I will update when it is filed and the public can view it. Meanwhile, no motivation for Mixon’s act has been publicly presented as far as I can detect, but certainly the man needs prayer.
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Timothy Mixon, who goes by Matthew, is a member of my church. He is an Army veteran who suffers from PTSD who misunderstood a situation and would have been responding heroically had it not been a misunderstanding. I understand you and others have no idea anything about him, but I can ensure you he didn’t have any bad intentions for doing what he did. He observed a person who in his mind looked suspicious handing a package to another person who in his mind looked suspicious and believed the package to be a bomb. He immediately alerted the authorities about it which led to the evacuation. The action unfortunately led to conference goers not being able to view the video. You are right about him needing prayer.
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I am a Veteran Service Officer who is trying to assist Mr Mixon and came across this post in a google search seeking more information. If you have any information that could help me with contacts, the pastors info for your church or anyone in the church that was close with him I would appreciate it. Matt was in my Unit and his Platoon Sergeant reached out to me for help. Any amplifying information or background would be greatly appreciated. Thank you and god bless.
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Hello Sir,
I have been tracking the criminal case. However after the initial appearance in court where the judge bound over the matter to State Court, I have not seen anything else on the court website about it. As far as contacting Mr Mixon, I have no knowledge of where he might be. The organizer of the conference where this incident took place was Prays Mill Baptist Church in Douglasville GA. The pastor of that church is Josh Buice. (Pronounced Bice like nice). 4979 Highway 5 Douglasville, Ga 30135 *Phone: 770-942-6597. Maybe Pastor Buice knows more and can help you.
May the Lord prosper you in this, I do hope you make contact with Mr Mixon.
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no good deed goes unpunished.
that’s what this world has taught me.
thank you for everyone supporting Matt.
anyone looking to decimate him or demonize him. you better check yourself right now. or you’ll be having a issue with Michael mixon.
my brother is a good man. can’t say the same for myself. so shut your mouth if you ain’t got nothing nice or 100% evident truth when speaking on the matter.
let me find out you demonizing my brother. go ahead. play with reality if you want
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It’s nice to see a brother standing up for his sibling. But the fact is, as good of a man you think him to be (and I don’t know him to say one way or another) he DID call in a bomb threat, to which he admitted. This terrorized 8000 people and threw a large conference into disarray. Commenting publicly on his public act is not ‘demonizing’ him. It’s simply discussing what happened.
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Mathew is a great man. He is a single father that did 2 tours in Afghanistan, serving his country who survived two different IEDs 1 of witch launched him and left him unconscious in a ditch. He has scar tissue on his brain from the explosion. He meant no harm from his actions. I can’t presume what he was thinking, but when your brain tells you something is there and you have been trained how, and what to look for, and have been the victim of an explosive device. His actions if not warranted should be excused. I will say this the system has failed him. Instead of locking him up let’s get him some help.
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