Bishop Carlton Pearson, who was the subject of Netflix's "Come Sunday" passed away on Sunday at the age of 70, following a brief battle with cancer, according to a post on his Facebook account.
"We are saddened to inform you that Bishop Carlton D’Metrius Pearson, one of the most popular and influential preachers in America and around the world, who sacrificed everything for a message of unconditional love and acceptance by God, died peacefully the night of November 19, 2023, at the age of 70, after a brief battle with cancer that had returned after first defeating it 20 years ago," read the post on Pearson's Facebook page.
The post added that Pearson was surrounded by his family when he passed.
Pearson's agent Will Bogle told the Associated Press that Pearson died Sunday night in hospice care in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Carlton Pearson's early life
Founder of a former megachurch in Oklahoma, Higher Dimensions, Inc., Pearson moved to the state in 1971 to study at Oral Roberts University, as per the Facebook post. He was invited by Oral Roberts to join the World Action Singers and eventually became an associate evangelist with the Oral Roberts Evangelistic Association in 1975.
In 1977, Pearson launched his own ministry Higher Dimensions, Inc., and was considered to be a rising star on the Pentecostal preaching circuit, according to the AP. Pearson made frequent appearances on television which helped him connect with a bigger national and international audience and expand his following. He was one of only two African American preachers with a nationwide television ministry, the Facebook post said.
Pearson expanded his ministry in 1981, founding the Higher Dimensions Family Church in Tulsa — later known as New Dimensions Church.
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