Carlton Pearson, influential Oklahoma megachurch founder who rejected hell, dies at age 70
The founder of a former megachurch in Oklahoma known for rejecting the idea of hell and supporting gay rights has died.
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The founder of a former megachurch in Oklahoma known for rejecting the idea of hell and supporting gay rights has died.
Bishop Carlton Pearson died Sunday night in hospice care in Tulsa due to cancer, said his agent, Will Bogle. Pearson was 70.
Pearson in 1981 founded Higher Dimensions Family Church in Tulsa – later known as New Dimensions Church, whose membership numbered about 6,000 by the turn of the century
The founder of a former megachurch in Oklahoma who was branded a heretic after embracing the idea that there is no hell and supporting gay rights has died
In 2007, Pearson helped lead hundreds of clergy members from across the nation in urging Congress to pass landmark hate crime and job discrimination measures...