--- description: Russell Moore is President of The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, the moral concerns and public policy entity of the nation's largest Protestant denomination. Prior to his election in 2013, Moore served as provost and dean of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, where he also taughttheology and ethics. Mooreis the author of several books, including Adopted for Life: The Priority of Adoption for Christian Families and Churches and Tempted and Tried: Temptation and the Triumph of Christ. A native Mississippian, he and his wife Maria are the parents of five sons. title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production ---  # Russell Moore  ## Russell Moore Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close _Russell Moore is President of The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, the moral concerns and public policy entity of the nation's largest Protestant denomination. Prior to his election in 2013, Moore served as provost and dean of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, where he also taught_ _theology and ethics. Moore_ _is the author of several books, including_ Adopted for Life: The Priority of Adoption for Christian Families _and_ Churches and Tempted and Tried: Temptation and the Triumph of Christ_. A native Mississippian, he and his wife Maria are the parents of five sons._  ## Russell Moore Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close *  Jan 16, 2018 ### [The Real Meaning of the Separation of Church and State](https://time.com/5103677/church-state-separation-religious-freedom/) It is too important a concept to be misused [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jun 12, 2016 ### [Can We Still Weep Together After Orlando?](https://time.com/4365595/orlando-shooting-pulse-nightclub/) It seems now that there’s rarely a time of grieving together [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Dec 24, 2014 ### [Why We Shouldn't Just Think of Christmas in Sanitized Images](https://time.com/3642554/why-we-shouldnt-just-think-of-christmas-in-sanitized-images/) We must remember that Jesus took on flesh and blood for us [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Nov 20, 2014 ### [Obama's Executive Action on Immigration Will Tear Us Apart](https://time.com/3597981/obamas-executive-action-immigration/) Acting unilaterally threatens an emerging consensus [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jun 30, 2014 ### [Hobby Lobby Ruling Is a Win for Separation of Church and State](https://time.com/2942651/hobby-lobby-church-state/) The Supreme Court decision will be good for all Americans, including those who disagree strongly wit... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  May 5, 2014 ### [Russell Moore: Supreme Court Made the Right Call](https://time.com/87969/on-prayer-supreme-court-upholds-freedom/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/russell-moore/","name":"Russell Moore"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/russell-moore/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/russell-moore/"},"name":"Russell Moore","jobTitle":null,"description":"Russell Moore is President of The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, the moral concerns and public policy entity of the nation's largest Protestant denomination. Prior to his election in 2013, Moore served as provost and dean of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, where he also taughttheology and ethics. Mooreis the author of several books, including Adopted for Life: The Priority of Adoption for Christian Families and Churches and Tempted and Tried: Temptation and the Triumph of Christ. A native Mississippian, he and his wife Maria are the parents of five sons.","image":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd2b7ab83a3cad9e3/6987667806f2c10a2a332003/blue-desk-version-3.jpg?branch=production","url":"https://time.com/author/russell-moore/","sameAs":["https://x.com/drmoore"],"worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```