TULSA, OKLA. ? The Rev. Carlton Pearson, the high-profile pastor of Higher Dimensions Family Church and a Grammy-nominated singer, is under fire from fellow evangelicals for teaching that most everyone will be saved, even those who do not accept Jesus Christ.

Several assistant pastors have left his church, attendance has dropped and Pearson says the controversy likely cost him a bid for mayor earlier this year. His theology has been denounced by several evangelical broadcasters.

Pearson’s local alma mater, Oral Roberts University, forced the pastor off its board and barred him from using its buildings or sending buses so students can attend his services.

Conventional evangelical belief says Christ’s death and resurrection make salvation available to all people but each person must accept that salvation.

“All will be saved, with the exception of a few,” says the 49-year-old Pearson. “Most people on planet Earth will go to heaven, because of Calvary, because of the unconditional love of God and the redemptive work of the cross, which is already accomplished.”