Carlton Pearson and Come Sunday

[Kirran]

I watched a film called Come Sunday recently. It was mentioned by another forum member, not 100% who now. Do come forward.

I actually quite liked it. It's a dramatisation/simplification of a period in the life of Carlton Pearson, a big Evangelical preacher who experienced hearing God's voice and from that coming to believe in universal salvation, rather than that people who didn't have faith in Christ and become born-again would be in hell everlasting. He also had somewhat heterodox views on the Bible, by evangelical standards. The film was pretty cool, but to be honest I preferred reading articles about the man himself, such this one.

He's done some TV appearances since too, and during his and his much-reduced congregation's "time in the wilderness" they looked again at lots of things, including homosexuality and so forth. His congregation became a part of a Unitarian Universalist Church, and I think Pearson himself is now affiliated with the more Christ-centred New Thought streams.

At first, I'd thought to put this in 'Resources', but maybe somebody has some thoughts on the man, or has seen the film, or whatever, and wants to talk about it

 

[columbus]

I first heard of Pearson on NPR.

Heretics - This American Life

It's a fascinating story.
Tom

 

[Katzpur]

I watched a film called Come Sunday recently. It was mentioned by another forum member, not 100% who now. Do come forward.

It was @Trackdayguy. I liked the movie a lot, too. Of course, you generally like stuff you're in agreement with.

 

[Kirran]

It was @Trackdayguy. I liked the movie a lot, too. Of course, you generally like stuff you're in agreement with.

You Christian lefties being all agreeable with one another

 

[Trackdayguy]

You Christian lefties being all agreeable with one another

That's because hopefully all the judgement is gone from us

 

[Katzpur]

You Christian lefties being all agreeable with one another

Don't you just hate it! The Christian righties are all agreeable with one another, too. They just can't stand us heretical lefties.

 

[Trackdayguy]

Don't you just hate it! The Christian righties are all agreeable with one another, too. They just can't stand us heretical lefties.

I was one of you once, but I defected.

 

[Katzpur]

I was one of you once, but I defected.

LOL! Okay. Well, different strokes for different folks, huh?

 

[David T]

. Due to his stated belief in universal reconciliation, Pearson rapidly began to lose his influence in ministry with the Joint College of African-American Pentecostal Bishops.

Hate in the name of God is a great uniter... it's colour blind apparently.