Sentences with phrase «such evangelical support»

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So, is the Army not the responsibility of the federal government, and wouldn't their support for a faith specific event such as this (it doesn't even cater to all Christian groups, only the evangelicals) be seen as an endorsement of evangelicalism by the federal government?

Washington (CNN)- Forty years after the Supreme Court protected abortion rights in Roe v. Wade, a new survey finds that white evangelicals remain the only major religious group that supports overturning the landmark ruling, even though most such groups find abortion morally wrong.

Certainly some evangelical groups — the Signpost Research Centre, for example — have engaged the political debate in South Africa in such a way as advertently or inadvertently to lend support to the morally odious system of apartheid.

In return, the evangelical community, whose focus of commitment is less scattered and whose financial contributions are more generous than members of mainline churches, 7 has faithfully supported such perceived evangelistic efforts with its time (viewing) and money.

The later conferences spoke of God's preferential option for the poor, divine judgement on oppressors, the pattern of Christ's own identification with the poor, the risk of suffering for Christ's sake, and Christian support for change in political studies - themes seldom associated with such passion in evangelical circles.30

Perhaps the intense media focus on evangelical leaders who support Trump, such as Jerry Falwell Jr., helps sustain this misleading account in spite of the fact that more mainstream evangelical leaders, such as Russell Moore and Max Lucado, have denounced Donald Trump.

About 47 percent of white evangelicals were less likely to vote for someone who had served as an elected official in Washington for many years, while 34 percent said it made no difference and 18 percent said such political experience would make their support more likely.

That is an altogether heartening statement, and should be a great encouragement to all who have over the years supported initiatives such as «Evangelicals and Catholics Together» (ECT).

The potential for moral hypocrisy in such situations is exactly why some signers, such as Russell Moore and Albert Mohler, cautioned evangelicals about supporting a candidate with a documented history of sexual immorality.

Your boy - really smacks of alot of reverence?Franklin Graham has done many great things, such as head up a ministry called Samaritans Purse, which has done incredible work towards disaster relief.What have you done?He simply speaks the truth which is that this President has done more to distance himself against evangelical Christians by supporting liberal causes, using the world's largest stage to promote gay rights, and too many issues to mention that Mr.Obama's faith, or lack of, is obvious to everyone.Not to mention that he is the son of Billy Graham.

Concerned with moral issues such as abortion, gay marriage and school prayer the Evangelicals tend to align themselves with conservative politics and have of recent, overwhelmingly supported the Republican Party.