Donald Trump re-dedicated his life to Jesus Christ a decade ago, says Pastor Jentezen Franklin

Pastor Jentezen Franklin revealed that Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump confessed to rededicating his life to Christ just a decade ago.

The 54-year-old senior pastor at Free Chapel Worship Center in Gainesville, Georgia said Trump made this admission when he met with his evangelical executive advisers in the business mogul's Trump Tower in New York City.

"He did say 'I don't wear my religion on a sleeve and I'm not, by any means, a saint,'" recounted Franklin in an interview with gainesvilletimes.com.

Trump appeared with his mother's Bible on hand and said his family raised him a Presbyterian Christian and took him to world-renowned evangelical preacher Billy Graham crusades. He also claimed to have rededicated his life to God when he turned 60.

"But [Trump said], 'What America needs now is not a preacher in the oval office — it needs a leader,'" Franklin added.

He also thought that Trump proves himself as "an easy lift" as compared to political rival Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, who he said "has done nothing but just, in my view, [been] anti-everything that we stand for and believe."

Similarly, Michele Bachmann, former congresswoman of Minnesota and also serving as evangelical advisor to Trump, shared that she thinks "the most high God may have lifted up Trump" in this political campaign.

"Because very possibly, he's the only one that could defeat Hillary Clinton this fall. And if that's the case, it's good enough for me," Bachmann said on Jan Markell's radio program "Understanding the Times."

Franklin, who also appears on his TV program "Kingdom Connection," praised Trump's move to create an evangelical advisory bloc and identified this as the missing link of another GOP presidential hopeful in 2012, Mitt Romney.

In addition, the preacher praised Trump's listening ability. He said Trump clearly portrayed himself as someone who's shown interest and care for the evangelical community who's been sidelined and silenced for the longest time.

However, Franklin maintained he's not formally endorsing Trump as he serves in the advisory committee but rather he's providing a voice to the rest of the evangelical community.