In 2014 Pearson returned to Tulsa to be with his ailing father who died two days after Pearson 's 62nd birthday . He began preaching at the 11 am service at All Souls Unitarian Church on the third Sunday of the month , while still traveling to Chicago to preach once a month at New Dimensions Chicago , the fellowship he founded there . Pearson also began holding a monthly discussion with a guest before a live audience at Tulsa 's " My Studio " in May 2015 . His first conversation was with Neale Donald Walsch , author of the mega-best-selling nine-book series , '' Conversations With God . '' In July 2010 it was announced that director Marc Forster would direct a feature film about Pearson 's life , from a script by Marcus Hinchey based on '' This American Life '' 's " Heretics " episode . In January 2017 , Joshua Marston was reported to be directing the project as a film for Netflix , with Chiwetel Ejiofor cast to play Pearson , Condola Rashad as his wife Gina , and Martin Sheen as Oral Roberts . The film , entitled '' Come Sunday '' , premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival and was released on Netflix on April 13 , 2018
2018 Sundance Film Festival
2018 Sundance Film Festival
Carlton Pearson