Pastor Perry Noble calls evangelical leaders' meeting with Trump a 'hypocrisy'

Pastor Perry Noble says he's declining the invitation to the evangelical leaders' closed-door session with presumptive Republican nominee as he calls it a "hypocrisy."

The senior pastor of NewSpring Church in South Carolina revealed on his website Tuesday, May 24 that he is one of the 500 evangelical leaders invited to meet with Republican nominee Donald Trump for a closed-door meeting in New York City but he's not going.

"Honestly, I see it as a bit of hypocrisy for a group of people to ask Trump to 'prove himself' when the same group were leading the Romney bandwagon!" Noble wrote.

Noble noted that these are the same evangelical leaders who were leading another president candidate Mitt Romney but did not find any reason to call on the same meeting with him although Romney is a Mormon. Noble was quick to clarify that he has nothing against Mormonism and even claimed to have voted for Romney just to prove his point. He explained that Christianity and Mormonism are just two very different religions.

"Trump has spent quite a few years 'proving himself' through his deeds and actions — and the American people have spoken by voting for him to be the Republican nominee," Noble said.

Nevertheless, the pastor hoped for the best for the meeting which he called as "hypocrisy" and informed his followers that he'll be delivering a sermon on July 17 to talk about Christian guidelines for worldview and election-voting.

The invitation-only event to be attended by the top names in the evangelical groups and conservative leaders is set on June 21 in New York City. President of the Family Research Council Tony Perkins told Time that the goal is for them to get to know Trump further.

"I want to be actively supportive of a candidate who can help turn this nation around. With Trump, I'm not there yet. I hope to be there, but I'm not there right now," Perkins told Fox News.