But another evangelical leader at the meeting said in an interview that he had no problem with the Bush approach.

In 2010 he was named one of the nation's top new evangelical leaders by Newsweek.

He certainly appears to have minced his words when talking to evangelical leaders.

He is at home discussing religious matters with evangelical leaders in a way his father never was.

In recent weeks, he has met privately with evangelical leaders and started to reach out to values voters.

"But evangelical leaders will not go along with these ideas because their close allies in the business community are so firmly against it."

Evangelical leaders of relief and development organizations had been very receptive, he said.

Only a few Evangelical leaders were able to receive training, because it involved leaving their churches to study abroad for years at a time.

Some of the nation's most high-profile evangelical leaders, however, have tried to derail such action.

Evangelical Christian leaders often see the government more as a threat to them than as a potential help.