Day: October 20, 2015

Evangelicals step back from supporting death penalty

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Evangelicals step back from supporting death penalty

The National Association of Evangelicals has released a statement that changes – somewhat – its formerly pro-death-sentence stance, recognizing that many of the millions of members of “more than 45,000 local churches from nearly 40 different denominations”* it represents are still in favor of it while at the same time recognizing that the justice system […]

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