Some say heresy . . . .
Carlton Pearson is denounced by the Join College of African-American Pentecostal Bishops Conference, reports the Religion News Service, for his belief in universal salvation. The Tulsa pastor has put universalism back on the map, and I’m grateful for that. A quick web search will tell you more about him.
The story ran in the Washington Post on Saturday, but since it is a wire story (I gather) it isn’t on their website. And I can’t find it on the RNS site, either. But Beliefnet.com) has run it.
But a story that ran last year in Christianity Today shows that the same group raked him over the coals before. Then, at least he was not roundly denounced and did offer a defence of his views.
If universalism is to have a revival, I suppose it only natural that anti-universalism will follow in tow.
4 May 2004 at 9:21 am
I love Carlton Pearson! He’s Carmen’s pastor! And he’s an Okie!
Okay, I’m embarassed now.
4 May 2004 at 10:02 am
Lo and behold, Bishop Pearson cites the 5 Principles of 1899: http://www.higherd.org/html/gnac.htm#universalism