Though the link didn't get me to the article, the headline tells me that Rudy is missing a meeting, nothing more.
Agree or disagree, I think it would be imprudent for any candidate to ignore a voting bloc such as the Evangelicals - or any voting bloc at all, for that matter.
Perhaps Rudy's model for a successful Presidential campaign differs from the last few Republican Presidents, and does not depend heavily on the religious right. Perhaps he knows he will not get their vote, but is depending instead upon centrist and hawkish, Lieberman-type dems Democrats to give him a vote they would not give to any of the other, more mainstream Conservative Republican candidates.
Just throwing it out there. I don't think Rudy is going to try to pound a square peg into a round hole.
Best reasonable guess I've seen so far ... there are likely millions of catholic voters (for instance) who would prefer not to vote fot hildebeast but feel uncomfortable votiing for conservative values, so Rudy would be a viable 'reaganesque' alternative. Past landslides must have had something similar at play.