An openly gay singer has been dropped from a popular Christian music festival after the majority of the organisers threatened to drop out.
The Christian star, who came out as gay in June, had played the Joshua Fest Christian music festival in California before.
However the Everyday Sunday singer was later removed from the list of acts, according to Attitude Magazine, after eleven of the 14 members of the production team said they would not work.
The 35-year-old came out in June by publishing a letter online in Ohio-based 614 Magazine.
The married father-of-two had been with his wife seven years and praised her for supporting him.
Speaking at the time he said: "I grew up in a very conservative Christian home where I was taught that my sexual orientation was a matter of choice, and had put all my faith into that."
"I was scared of what God would think and what all of these people I loved would think about me."
Overwhelmed & honored!! I will be the FIRST OPENLY GAY ARTIST TO EVER PLAY A MAJOR CHRISTIAN MUSIC FESTIVAL! Share: https://t.co/LBe48uRkKG
— Trey Pearson (@treypearson) August 8, 2016
Mr Pearson attended the festival as a guest and another band, Five Iron Frenzy, brought him on stage with them to perform.
Speaking to Billboard magazine he said: "The owners are awesome and their hearts are awesome and that's why they were inviting me in the first place.
"There was no way they would have been able to have the festival.
"If they keep me, I'm not going to perform anyway, because the festival is not even going to happen, and the festival owners are going to lose probably hundreds of thousands of dollars."
Writing on his Instagram he said: "I am honored and thankful for the love of one of my favorite bands growing up, @FiveIronFrenzy, inviting me to come on stage to perform with them."