(RNS) We also bid farewell to some celebrities and influencers whose time on stages sometimes represented public faith or whose lives were strengthened by their personal faith.
Born on March 19, 1953, Carlton D'metrius Pearson is a clergyman and gospel musician from the United States. He became well-known as the pastor of the Tulsa,
He led a popular religious revival and a megachurch, but his peers and congregation abandoned him once he questioned core doctrine and advocated gay rights.