Lavanhar was a leading opponent of the Tulsa Zoo 's controversial ( and short-lived ) 2005 decision to include a creationism exhibit . Lavanhar presided over the 2004 memorial service for Fern Holland , a Tulsa lawyer and human rights activist who was the first U.S. civilian to be killed in the Iraq War . In February 2010 he travelled to Uganda to speak in opposition to the proposed Uganda Anti-Homosexuality Bill . All Souls has also been noted for its efforts to re-examine the 1921 Tulsa race riot , including the controversial role of the church 's co-founder and '' Tribune '' publisher Richard Lloyd Jones , as well as the riot 's lasting impact in Tulsa . In the summer of 2008 the church rented space to New Dimensions , the congregation of Carlton Pearson , a prominent evangelist , former protégé of Oral Roberts , and bishop of the Church of God in Christ , who was declared a heretic by a group of Pentecostal bishops for preaching his " Gospel of Inclusion , " a message that salvation is afforded to all persons including non-Christians . At the end of the summer , Bishop Pearson dissolved New Dimensions and invited the members of his congregation to join him in signing the membership book at All Souls , and to enroll their children in the church 's religious education program
Tulsa race riot
Tulsa race riot
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