Carlton Pearson

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Bishop Pearson attended Oral Roberts University, and was mentored by Oral Roberts. He was licensed and ordained in the Church of God in Christ. Pearson formed his own church, Higher Dimensions, which became one of the largest in the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma. During the 1990s it grew to an attendance of over 5,000 and in 1997 Pearson was ordained a bishop. In 2000 he campaigned for George W. Bush and following the presidential inauguration was invited to the White House. Then after viewing a television program which depicted the wretched conditions of people dying in Rwanda, and considering the teaching of his church that non-Christians were destined for hell, Pearson felt he had received an epiphany from God, and stated that he doubted the concept of hell as it has been traditionally taught. In February 2002 he lost a primary bid for the mayorship of Tulsa. By then Pearson had begun to call his doctrine—a variation on universal reconciliation—the Gospel of Inclusion, and many in his congregation began to leave. Pearson has said, "A person who spends every day getting drunk, will ruin their health, marriage, family and career; they will make their lives a living Hell. But that still falls far short of the chronic alcoholic being condemned by a just God to literally burn in Hell forever and ever. For others it may very well be that the punishment merited by their sins is greater than what they receive in this life. For those people perhaps there will be some kind of punishme

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Bishop Carlton Pearson Presents The Best Of Azusa... Yet Holdin' On

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Live at Azusa 3

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Live at Azusa 2: Precious Memories

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Live at Azusa

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Azusa Praise - Jubilee!

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Live at Azusa, Vol. 2: Precious Memories

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Azusa Praise Jubilee

Live At Azusa 4

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Live at Azusa, Vol. 3

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Precious Memories (Live At Azusa 2)

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Live

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WOW Gospel 1998 disc 2

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