Moore drew a connection between the SBC’s history of concealing sexual abuse and leaders promoting Donald Trump. “I understand why votes were cast the way they were on both sides” in the 2016 election, said Moore, explaining that she does not blame people for voting for Trump. She emphasized the word “champion” and said that what she takes issue with is those who celebrated Trump.
“There is no world in which objectifying women is ok,” she said.
Davis observed that Moore has previously spoken about the fact that she was sexually abused as a child, but that her memoir is the first time she has said that her abuser was her father. The interviewer inquired about the reasoning behind Moore’s decision to make this revelation.
People need to realize the pain that results when abusers use Christ to protect themselves, said Moore, explaining that she did not feel that speaking of abuse in general terms was enough to convey the depth of that pain. “When we in our churches and our homes care more about protecting our power than our people,” she said, “we are in desperate need of reformation, not to mention repentance.”
Regarding what it has been like since leaving the SBC and what the future holds for her, Moore said, “There is a freedom that comes with having been just publicly hated by a whole lot of people because either it kills you or you stop being manipulated by it. I can sort of just be myself.”
“As far as the future is concerned,” she continued, “I just so much want to serve people.” To any woman who is hopeless, who has been harmed and stripped of her dignity, Moore says, “I just want her to know how valuable she is and who she is to her Maker.”
. On Monday, Feb. 20, Moore joined ABC News’ Linsey Davis to discuss her newest book.){kind=link}