20 Facts About Carlton Pearson

Carlton D'Metrius Pearson was an American Christian minister and gospel music artist.

Carlton Pearson was 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.

Carlton D'Metrius Pearson was born on March 19,1953, in San Diego, California.

Carlton Pearson attended Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, where he was mentored by Oral Roberts, and sang with the World Action Singers, later becoming an associate evangelist with the Oral Roberts Evangelistic Association.

Carlton Pearson was licensed and ordained in the Church of God in Christ.

Carlton Pearson was the host of the AZUSA Conference in Tulsa.

Carlton Pearson was a traveling evangelist, holding two-day revivals across the continent.

Carlton Pearson was a gospel vocalist who won two Stellar Awards, and he was nominated for a Dove Award.

Carlton Pearson stated publicly that he doubted the existence of Hell as a place of eternal torment.

Carlton Pearson said that hell is created on earth by human depravity and behavior.

In February 2002, Carlton Pearson lost a primary election for the office of mayor of Tulsa.

In November 2006, Carlton Pearson was accepted as a United Church of Christ minister.

On September 7,2008, Carlton Pearson held his final service for the New Dimensions Worship Center, and it was absorbed into the All Souls Unitarian Church.

In May 2009, Carlton Pearson was named the interim minister of the Christ Universal Temple, a large New Thought congregation in Chicago, Illinois.

In 2014, Carlton Pearson returned to Tulsa to be with his ailing father who died two days after Carlton Pearson's 62nd birthday.

Carlton Pearson began holding a monthly discussion with a guest before a live audience at Tulsa's "My Studio" in May 2015.

In September 2023, Carlton Pearson was diagnosed with cancer on the lining of the bladder.

Carlton Pearson died on November 19,2023, at the age of 70.

In September 1993, Carlton Pearson was married at age 40 to Gina Marie Gauthier.

On May 19,2016, before the divorce was finalized, Mrs Carlton Pearson dismissed her petition for divorce.