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Me could lead millions away from the christ and the cross and from heaven into hell. they give me that much power. they must think i have incredible charisma, incredible leadership qualities that once was theirs and now i m a tool of the devil. the handful of supporters who stuck with him, along with a couple of lonely assistants, didn t even have a place to meet. and then, when things were at their bleakest, there was a phone call, an invitation to be a guest speaker at a small church in san francisco. i made it my business. i said, i m going to look him up, i m going to find him. i m going to sit and talk with him, and then i m going to invite him to come and sit and talk with my people. this is the woman who called. her name is yvette flunder and she was originally ordained in the same church as carlton pearson. but her church today bears little similarity to anything ....
Her name is yvette flunder and she was originally ordained in the same church as carlton pearson. but her church today bears little similarity to anything carlton had ever known. we have people who are in recovery from drugs and not recovering well in every situation. people who are homeless, imminently homeless. living with hiv. all worshiping together in the same place. even bishop flunder would be unwelcome in many churches. she s a lesbian or as she puts it, a same-gender loving person. the whole room was almost all gay, lesbian, transgender, bisexual people. i mean, i had never been in a room full almost 99% gay people. praising god and singing and dancing. carlton explained to them his new ideas about hell. his notion that heaven was waiting for everybody, even then. perhaps especially them. and when he was done, bishop ....