One of the leading Christian voices in the nation, Russell Moore, exclaimed Thursday that America has a moral responsibility to take in refugees from war-torn Syrian.

"We have a responsibility as a country to this region of the world," Moore told The Daily Signal. "We do have some culpability here."

Though Moore, who currently heads the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, felt that America's actions contributed to the rise of ISIS and the Syrian refugee crisis, he did not specifically label what they were. Moore emphasized that, regardless of the reason, America needs to step in.

"We need to have compassion upon people who are fleeing from this sort of tyranny, many of which are brothers and sisters in Christ," he said.

Russell Moore proposed many of his ideas Wednesday when the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission hosted an event in Washington titled, "The Syrian Refugee Crisis: A Christian Response."