Donald Trump's win as presumptive Republican presidential candidate considered a loss for Christians

Business tycoon Donald Trump has been confirmed as the presumptive Republican nominee for the United States presidential elections after Senator Ted Cruz bowed out of the race earlier this week, and some view Trump's rise to the top as a loss for the social agenda of right-wing Christians.

According to Christian ethicist and progressive evangelical Dr. David Gushee, in an article on Religion News, both conservative and progressive Christians are not in favor of Trump because of his temperament and character. However, conservatives are particularly worried because Trump doesn't seem to be overly interested in core conservative Christian social policies. Meanwhile, liberals are more concerned with Trump's apparent intolerance toward those of opposing opinions.

Church leaders have written an open letter calling for Christians to resist Trump. They point out that Christians should consider asking questions like "What does the Bible say?" and "What does Jesus teach?" They said that the churches as well as the country is facing a moral threat, showing the worst values in American history.

"Donald Trump directly promotes racial and religious bigotry, disrespects the dignity of women, harms civil public discourse, offends moral decency, and seeks to manipulate religion," the letter says. "This is no longer politics as usual, but rather a moral and theological crisis, and thus we are compelled to speak out as faith leaders."

There have been calls for Christians to not vote for Trump because his behavior does not reflect what the Bible says.

"I am extremely troubled by Mr. Trump's relatively high polling results with Evangelical voters. On January 26, 2016, Politico Magazine reported that Donald Trump had 37 percent support among Evangelical voters," U.S. Representative Reid Ribble wrote on The Christian Post in February. "It's time for Christian voters to pause. Take a minute and read the texts of scripture at the beginning of this article. Then ask yourself a question. Does Donald Trump exemplify the teachings of the Christian Church, not in how he may lead the country but in how he has lived his life and managed his campaign for president?"

Gushee, in his article, said that he wishes that the Republicans had chosen to nominate someone other than Trump.