Christian writer Rev. Jim Wallis described the support gained by U.S. President Donald Trump from Christians in the 2016 election as a "crisis in the Church."

The political activist who heads Sojourners, a Christian social justice organization, aired his thoughts that the Church is now racially divided more than ever in an interview with The Christian Post.

Wallis was talking about a CNN exit poll in the last election showing that Trump got the support of 81 percent of evangelical voters, 60 percent of Protestant voters, 52 percent of Catholic voters and 55 percent of "other Christian" voters — despite the fact that he ran on a platform of racial bigotry.

"Christians and evangelicals did overwhelmingly vote for Donald Trump. Now Donald Trump has institutionalized his rhetoric," he said, referring to the appointment of white nationalist Steve Bannon as chief strategist and "anti-immigration" Jeff Session as attorney general.

Wallis asked white evangelicals what they are going to do about the administration's "overtly racist" policies which he holds them responsible for, as they supported Trump. He also claimed there has never been such a racial divide in the church in his lifetime than what he sees now, mentioning that he knows of black evangelicals who do not want to speak to white evangelicals because they voted for Trump.

The new president won the hearts of conservative Christians for committing to protect religious freedom, defunding Planned Parenthood and appointing pro-life justices in the Supreme Court. However, Wallis argued that rather than choosing between "two evils," Christians were better off voting for third party candidates.

To make up for their mistake, Wallis concluded that Christians should be at the forefront in countering Trump's "biblically wrong" policies. "White Christians should be in the lead in saying that diversity is a blessing and is God's intention. We shouldn't be living in a culture where skin color is the foundation for privilege or punishment. It is and that is biblically wrong and we should be the ones that change that," he said