(ChurchLeaders) A second incriminating letter written by Dr. Russell Moore has been leaked. Dated May 31, 2021, Moore’s letter is directed to Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) president J.D. Greear. It implicates SBC Executive Committee (EC) president and CEO Dr. Ronnie Floyd and SBC presidential hopeful Mike Stone in suppressing investigations into sexual abuse within the denomination.
“As a victim of childhood sexual abuse, I find the latest attack from Russell Moore to be absolutely slanderous, and it is as inflammatory as it is inaccurate,” said Mike Stone in a video response posted to Twitter on June 5. Stone, who is the pastor of Emmanuel Baptist Church in Blackshear, Ga., rejected Moore’s claims in the strongest possible terms, calling the letter “fallacious” and “laughable.” For these accusations to come to light in such a way, said Stone, “Is scandalous, it’s unscriptural, it’s ungodly, it’s outrageous.”
The Washington Post, however, says it has corroborated some of Moore’s statements, and several of the people who responded to Stone on Twitter believe that he failed to address some of the letter’s key points.