Carlton Pearson, Pastor Deemed a Heretic for Denying Hell, Dies at 70
Bishop Carlton D. Pearson, an evangelical pastor who was deserted by his large congregation after declaring that hell does not exist and advocating gay rights — and whose story was told in a 2018 Netflix movie — died on Sunday in Tulsa, Okla. He was 70. His death, in a hospice care center, was caused…