Russell D Moore born 9 October 1971 is an American theologian ethicist and preacher In June 2021 he became the director of the Public Theology Project at Christianity Today and on August 4 2022 was announced as the magazines incoming EditorinChief Moore previously served as president of the Ethics Religious Liberty Commission the publicpolicy arm of the Southern Baptist Convention SBC and at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary as dean of the School of Theology senior vice president for academic administration and as professor of theology and ethics