Carlton Pearson

The Bishop
Carlton Pearson
Born
Carlton D'Metrius Pearson

(1953-03-19)March 19, 1953
San Diego, California, U.S.
DiedNovember 19, 2023(2023-11-19) (aged 70)
Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.
Occupations
  • Minister
  • singer
Spouse
Gina Marie Gauthier
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(m. 1993; div. 2019)​
ReligionChristian
OrdainedYes
Congregations served
Higher Dimensions Family Church
Websitewww.bishoppearson.com Edit this at Wikidata

Carlton D'Metrius Pearson (March 19, 1953 – November 19, 2023) was an American Christian minister and gospel music artist.[1] At one time, he was the pastor of the Higher Dimensions Evangelistic Center Incorporated, later named the Higher Dimensions Family Church, which was one of the largest churches in Tulsa, Oklahoma. During the 1990s, it grew to an average attendance of over 6,000.

Due to his stated belief in universal reconciliation, Pearson rapidly began to lose his influence in ministry with the Joint College of African-American Pentecostal Bishops and was eventually declared a heretic by his peers in 2004.[2]

Pearson was subsequently the senior minister of Christ Universal Temple, a large New Thought congregation in Chicago, Illinois; head of a new Higher Dimensions fellowship in Chicago; and an affiliate minister at Tulsa's All Souls Unitarian Church.

  1. ^ "Ten Minutes with Carlton". Archived from the original on November 14, 2007. Retrieved November 29, 2007.
  2. ^ "Carlton Pearson declared a heretic – Apologetics Index". December 20, 2005. Retrieved August 29, 2016.