Religion Roundup
Controversial Pastor Shuts Down His Church
Associated Press
September 26, 2008
TULSA, Okla. - Bishop Carlton Pearson has shut down his once-prominent church.
Eight years ago, Pearson's Higher Dimensions Church had about 6,000 members. He served as a guest host on the Trinity Broadcasting Network, was a member of the Oral Roberts University board of trustees and was among group of black religious leaders who advised President-elect Bush after the 2000 election.
But Pearson then began preaching that everyone goes to heaven, a theology he calls "the gospel of inclusion." Not long after, evangelical leaders rejected Pearson, the membership in his church fell to a few hundred and the church's property was lost in foreclosure.
Its few remaining members have now been merged into a Unitarian congregation.
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