BETH Moore, a popular evangelical Christian and Bible teacher has announced her departure from the Southern Baptists.
The writer whose work has been linked with the largest Protestant denomination in the U.S., announced the parting during an interview.
Beth Moore,63, is a popular evangelist, author and Bible teacher.
She is the founder of Living Proof Ministries, a Bible-based organization for women based in Houston, Texas.
During an interview with Religion News Service on March, 5, 2021, Moore announced her departure from the Southern Baptists saying she is no longer a Southern Baptist and is parting ways with the denomination’s publishing arm.
She also announced she had ended her publishing relationship with LifeWay Christian.
Moore has devoted her life in teaching others about Jesus and base their lives on the word of the Bible.
“I am still a Baptist, but I can no longer identify with Southern Baptists.
“I love so many Southern Baptist people, so many Southern Baptist churches, but I don’t identify with some of the things in our heritage that haven’t remained in the past,” she told the outlet.
A spokesperson for Moore confirmed to CNN that her comments in that interview were all she had to say on the matter.
LifeWay Christian Resources, the publishing division of the Southern Baptist Convention also confirmed the break with Moore.
In the past years, Moore has openly spoken about sexual abuse and criticized former President Donald Trump, especially after the “Access Hollywood tape“, where Trump was caught bragging about sexually assaulting women.
Shortly afterwards Moore revealed that she had also suffered sexual abuse and harassment.
“Wake up, Sleepers, to what women have dealt with all along in environments of gross entitlement & power.
“Are we sickened? Yes. Surprised? NO,” she tweeted at the time.
CNN notes that Southern Baptist leaders were already involved in a series of scandals that came to light in 2018 when the Houston Chronicle and San Antonio Express-News published an investigation that found about 380 Southern Baptist leaders and volunteers had faced allegations of sexual misconduct and more than 700 victims had been abused over 20 years.
