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June 3, 2021
Russell Moore, the head of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, has been one of the most anti-Trump Christians in a religious denomination full of MAGA cultists. He regularly noted the obvious hypocrisy between Trump’s actions and Christians’ supposed values. He called on Trump to resign. He said he would vote for Trump’s second impeachment if he were in Congress. All that made him an anomaly in the world of conservative Christians. It certainly put him at odds with the SBC’s leadership.
That’s not to say he’s a progressive by any means. He’s still anti-LGBTQ rights. He still thinks women should be forced to give birth against their will. He still defends pro-Trump Christians who “voted their conscience” as if their support for Trump was guided by anything rational or heartfelt.
Russell Moore leaves Southern Baptist leadership, but denomination’s troubles remain
Southern Baptists have long been able to find enough consensus to cooperate on missions. In recent years, they ve become less cooperative because of debates over race, politics and the role of women in the church.
FILE - In this June 14, 2017, file photo, Russell Moore, then-president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, speaks at the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in Phoenix. At an SBC meeting in late February 2021, there was a report by an executive committee task force criticizing the widely respected leader of the SBC s public policy arm. Among the grievances against Moore: His outspoken criticism of Donald Trump during Trump’s 2016 election campaign and his presidency. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
Mefferd: Russell Moore now where he belongs – with evangelical libs
Thursday, May 20, 2021 |
Jody Brown, Steve Jordahl (OneNewsNow.com)
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After eight years at the helm, Russell Moore is out as the head of the Southern Baptist Convention s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission – and those within and without the SBC are breathing a sigh of relief.
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(pictured) announced on Tuesday he was resigning his post as president of the ERLC (effective on June 1) to take a job as public theologian at Christianity Today. In a press release recognizing the work of his ERLC staff, he touts accomplishments on behalf of human dignity, religious freedom, and racial reconciliation and justice.
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