Where was God in the tragic death of one of his choice servants?
This is a tender and volatile time in the Charismatic and Pentecostal religious world, as people ponder the wisdom, ethics or perhaps just the diplomacy of a perceived "personal" God, who makes personal decisions about who goes or stays, when and how, especially between the malevolent Hitlers and "Hate-lers" of the world and the benevolent teachers and life enhancers of the world, like Dr Myles Munroe, his beloved wife and 7 other precious human beings on that fateful flight last Sunday night. Dr Myles was my friend of over 40 years. I know the integrity of his heart and the poignancy, power and global efficacy of his incomparable ministry at least as it relates to the religious genre and discipline many culturally embrace.
Was his sudden death the judgment of God? Was it reckless more than risky faith? Or was it just their time to go, and if so, why so violently or with such presumed indignity? What can or should we learn from this unsettling, unnerving and unfortunate reality? Why was David Wilkerson, a man believed to be under a heavy "prophetic" anointing, killed in a tragic car accident just a few years back? And what about the reported suicidal death of Bishop David Huskins of the Intl Communion of Charismatic Churches, who succeeded the beloved Bishop Earl Paulk, who stepped down in what some insist was scandalous disgrace? I knew him personally and we’d ministered together.
Should any of these precious and pressured people be considered to have died in defense of the faith or "gospel" or because of their globally impacting testimonies? Should they be considered Martyrs of the faith or just collateral damage?
Scriptures says "who has known the mind of the Lord, that we may instruct him, but we have the mind of Christ.” Wonderful passage of scripture, but it would appear that, at least on this particular decision, our minds may indeed be in conflict with the presumed mind of Christ. Do you presume this to be your God's personal choice or decision, or was this just a freakish accident and sudden act of nature? Are you questioning the wisdom of God to feel disappointed in what many, as a last confusing resort, to be the "will of God?
Carlton Pearson
After college at the Oral Roberts University in Tulsa Oklahoma he served for 15 years on its Board of Regents, and two years as Associate Evangelist of The Oral Roberts Association, (ORA).
In 1977, Pearson founded Higher Dimensions Ministries (now New Dimensions ), in Tulsa, which grew to over 5,000.
Bishop Pearson was consecrated to the office of Bishop in 1996 thru a College of Bishops headed by Bishop Charles E Blake, presently the Presiding Bishop of the Churches of God In Christ, the denomination he was raised in and through whom he was ordained in 1971.
In 1993, Carlton married the former Gina Marie Gauthier who is a professional Life Coach and Yoga teacher.
More recently, he has felt a passion to proclaim the "Gospel Of Inclusion" and has written a widely acclaimed book by that name, published by Simon and Schuster. It confronts the Christian church's exclusivism as being inconsistent, in spirit with the teachings of Jesus.
Pearson's frank and often controversial take on a number of different subjects has earned him appearances on television programs such as NBC and MSNBC's Dateline, ABC's Nightline, 20/20, Good Morning America, CBS Evening News with Dan Rather, BET Tonight with Tavis Smiley, The Edge with Paula Zahn and Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher, The Monique Show on BET, and a number of other television, radio and print media outlets. Bishop Pearson was recognized as one of America's 10 Most Influential Black Ministers by Gospel Today and Belief.net. He has received several honorary doctoral degrees.
Bishop Pearson recently served as the Interim Senior Minister at Christ Universal Temple in Chicago. He and Gina now host New Dimensions of Chicago, building a local multi-cultural and radically Inclusive spiritual community that emphasizes expanded consciousness and Self Actualization. His newest book, God Is Not A Christian, Nor A Jew, Muslim, Hindu...God Dwells With Us, In Us, Around Us, As Us was published by Simon and Schuster and released in the spring of 2010.
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