: The minister husband of evangelist and gospel singer Juanita Bynum took the pulpit at the church where he is pastor just two days after surrendering to authorities on charges he beat his wife outside a hotel.
Thomas W. Weeks III, known to his followers as Bishop Weeks, expressed appreciation Sunday for the prayers and support he and his wife have received.
Weeks, 40, blamed the devil for the accusations against him.
Police say that during an Aug. 21 argument outside a hotel, Weeks choked Bynum, pushed her to the ground and started to kick and stomp on her. A hotel employee intervened and pulled Weeks off her, police said.
Weeks, who is free on bond, faces charges of aggravated assault and terroristic threats following the confrontation, which police say left his estranged wife badly bruised. He is due in Fulton County Superior Court on Sept. 7.
Members of Global Destiny Ministries urged caution Sunday in taking sides and passing judgment in the case.
"There are three sides to every story," said Shannon Mayers, a frequent visitor. "Nobody has the right to judge anybody. God is in the midst of that and will work it out."
Maurice Adams, 26, said he was disappointed to hear the news but still considers Weeks his bishop.
"We all make mistakes. He deserves another opportunity," Adams said. "I'm hurt, but I do respect him for being man enough to show his face today."
Wearing a dark suit and his customary bow tie, Weeks drew cheers and applause during the service when he asked members to tell those seated next to them: "We've got certain things going on right now, but I refuse to stop coming to the house God built."
But Weeks did not offer any specifics on the incident before introducing a guest minister and leaving the room.
Bynum, 48, is a former hairdresser and flight attendant who became a Pentecostal evangelist, author and gospel singer. Her ministry blossomed after she preached at a singles event about breaking free of sexual promiscuity. Among her books are "No More Sheets: The Truth About Sex" and "Matters of the Heart."
Her album "A Piece of My Passion" had been listed in the top 10 gospel albums by Billboard magazine for several months. She also preaches through televised sermons.
Weeks is the founder of Global Destiny churches. The couple married in 2002. Together, they wrote "Teach Me How to Love You: The Beginnings."
The charges against Weeks are the latest of his legal problems.
Authorities went to his Duluth home in June to serve an eviction notice. Six months earlier, a former employee complained to police that Weeks got physical with her while escorting her from the church property.
He on some straight up jesus bullsh!t. I hope his parishioners ain't listening to this crap. I tell you once they get caught they'll do anything to come out the bag on yo azz.
PS. It looks like his snake has been unleashed. Is that man packing 10"? No wonder girl wanted to get married to this gay. Everybody needs a big d!ck in their life!
this is definitely a cop out.... a real man of God may do a lot of things against his better judgement, but beating on a woman like that is not one of them.... so he needs to be punished...
lmao at these wannabe Malcom X.... preaching on a gossip site? as if your comment will not be overlook? lmao u better off in yahoo answers lol...
I hope the outrage is there like it is against Michael Vick. Where are the organizations for battered women? See, we as a society care more about DOGS then human lives. if he did it,pastor weeks should step away for awhile and get the help he needs. No man has the right to put his hands on a woman like that. And if he did, then God help him.
What bothers me the most about all of this is he has yet to apologize for what he's done. He shows no remorse. Now that's what I call pompous arrogance. Instead of using the opportunity of addressing his congregation to make amends and publicly apologize, he encourages them to tell their neighbor to not "refuse to stop coming to the house God built..." He's more concerned about maintaining church attendance, no doubt for the sake of the offering plate. By the way, on his website yesterday he had an area set aside exclusively for "The Raven Fund". Tried to access his website today and it seems to have completely changed overnight. Looks like it was removed.
I think I have some personal anger problems myself. Because they'd be arresting me right now if this negro put his hands on me.
Either I would've had a mean sawed off under my coat from the jump, or I would've beat the living isht outta him the next day, when I had my bat with me.
I don't care what his size is; you catch a bat to the dome unexpected, it's over.
A MAN OF GOD IS NOT GOING TO BEAT HIS WIFE. SO HE BETTER GO SOMEWHERE ELSE WITH THIS MESS, BUT EVENTUALLY THE MEMEBERS WILL SOON BEGIN TO LEAVE ONCE THEY FIND OUT THE TRUTH ABOUT YOU REV. WEEKS. "YOU CAN CAHNGE THE FRAME BUT THE PICTURE REMAINS THE SAME". I DON'T CARE HOW YOU TRY TO COVER THIS UP REV. WEEKS YOU ARE DEAD WRONG
HE IS THE DEVIL. I HAVE NO RESPECT FOR A MAN THAT BEATS A WOMAN UNLESS THE SHE HIT HIMTO HURT HIS ASS.BUT THIS MAN UNFORTUNATELY BEAT THIS WOMAN DOWN!GOD HELP HIM,AND PRAY THAT HER DUMB ASS DON'T GO BACK.SHE SHOULD FILE FOR DIVORCE AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE,AND GET HALF OF THAT [EXPLETIVE] "THEY" ACCOMPLISHED WHILE THEY WERE MARRIED!
Uh..the devil is wearing you're shoes, suit, glasses and shirt. Dayum...he sho is tricky!
See...this fool is going to blame the devil when in actuality it was your choices! That's like Pontius Pilate blaming the damn devil...Negro pleez! We know it's the devil jackazz that's what he's p'osed to do. Rather than man up admit his wrong doings he passes the buck! So you are not being accountable! ATONEMENT NEGRO! HUMBLE YO BLACK AZZ!
I tried hard to resist the temptation to post, but I cannot hold my tongue any longer: Ladies, I don't care how loud your clock is ticking, marrying a "closet" man is not going to take away the lonliness--it only creates more problems. I know this is not the first problem they have had, but it needs to be the last! Love does not and is not suppose to hurt--IF HE HITS YOU HE DOES NOT LOVE YOU--YOU CANNOT DISCIPLINE ADULTS. Ms. Bynum forgive him and MOVE ON--LET "IT" GO!!! He looks the part and I am sure he will find abrother--I mean another!
This is a shame and the price you pay. the people he and his wife has helped over the last 5 years has been countless including me and my wife. They are human and most of the people posting here no nothing about the pressure and the price of ministry.The man messed up and lost it, pray for him.To all the saint that are really aints you need to read GALATIONS 6:1 BRETHEREN IF A MAN BE OVERTAKEN IN A FAULT YE WHICH ARE SPIRIYUAL RESTORE SUCH A ONE IN THE SPIRIT OF MEEKNESS CONSIDERING YOURSELF LEST YOU ALSO BE TEMPTED. Stop tearing the man down, he was wrong and if his church can forgive him i think God can to. His wife who is doing more damage as a christian by pressing charges, with all the annointing she has dont she know Vengeance is God's. But yhall aint gona say none of that. I dont condone what he did but I thinks he was a big man not to run and tuck his tale but face his mess and ask for forgiveness and of course the Enemy was at work in this but MTO never quotes him saying that but all yhall just take that and run with it. I pray yhall that can pray do pray for this couple. ONE CAN CHASE ONE THOUSAND BUT TWO CAN CHASE TEN THOUSAND!!! We need them together!
Bishop Weeks is WEAK!!!!!!!! He is accountable for his actions and should pay for it! Thats why we have a justice system. Come on people, at what point do we draw the line? Some believe, " Oh he's a man of God" let God deal with him. Well, do you feel like every criminal should just let God deal with them? Bruises don't lie. And by the way, in Teach Me How to Love You: The Beginnings, Bishop Weeks speaks on his anger so evidently he has a problem and this Ain't the first time. He needs more than a "prayerby". Maybe a time out behind bars will give him time to heal. Once a beater always a beater! The devil ain't got nothing to do with that! Cop -Outs are for punks. Beat on someone your own size Bishop. I'm not falling for it! Sister Bynum hold your head up and Keep Moving! You said it, this too shall pass. If you are in an abusive relationship, seek help and get out. Too many people are losing their lives by senseless actions of another. Peace and Love
i remember coming out of the club when i was 17. my best friends boyfriend was in the parking lot beating up this guy. what i saw has been inprinted on my brain every since. he was stomping on the guys head in the way a person would stomp on a suitcase to get it closed. it was so horrible, the guys eyes was bloodshoot. i wanted to throw up. i'm 34 years old and i've never been able to erase that image from my mind. so when i read someone got stomped, i know what a stomping looks like. please don't trivialize it, especially in the name of God.
MAN FUK THAT N*GGA! HE'S ANOTHER REASON WHY I DON'T GO 2 CHURCH N E MORE! YOU GOT PREACHERS MOLESTING LIL BOYS & FUKKIN DEACON SO & SO! EVANGALIST SISTER SO & SO ON THE LOW! THEN TRY 2 GET AT US YOUNG FOLKS BECAUSE WE LIKE NICE CARS & SH*T LIKE THAT! PASTOR DIDN'T U JUST PULL UP IN A 07 CADILLAC FULLY LOADED IN COURTESY OF MY TITHES & OFFERINGS? CREFLO DOLLAR 4 INSTANCE! PRIVATE JETS, ROLLS ROYCES & SH*T! WE DON'T HAVE 2 GO 2 CHURCH 2 KNOW GOD OR RECIEVE HIS BLESSINGS! NOW U GOT THIS N*GGA BEATING THE "HELL" OUT OF HIS WIFE! DID MIKE VICK SAY THE DEVIL MADE HIM FIGHT DOGS & GO THROUGH HIS SH*T?! HE DON'T HAVE ANY EXCUSES 4 HIS ACTIONS! HE SUPPOSE 2 B A MAN OF GOD! WHEN HE HIT HER THAT WAS THE 1ST SIGN OF HIS GUILT! THIS COUNTRY HIS IN SUCH TURMOIL! RELIGION IS A [EXPLETIVE] CORPORATION! U SELL BIBLES! U SELL THE WORD! U SELL LIES! U SELL YOURSELVES! LATE NIGHT COMMERCIALS & SH*T TALKIN ABOUT IF I BUY YOUR SNOT RAG GOD WILL BLESS U & ALL THAT JIBBERISH SH*T! THIS WORLD IS JUST [EXPLETIVE] Up! HE SHOULD BE REBUKED & BAPTISED UNTIL HE CAN'T CATCH HIS [EXPLETIVE] BREATH! IT'S A SHAME YALL! HELL EVEN THE LATE REV. JAMES CLEVELAND WAS FUKIN [EXPLETIVE]! HE DIED FROM AIDS & SH*T! HE NEEDS TO GO 2 HELL! OOPS I MEAN JAIL FOR WHAT HE DONE!
Please allow me to introduce myself Im a man of wealth and taste Ive been around for a long, long year Stole many a mans soul and faith And I was round when jesus christ Had his moment of doubt and pain Made damn sure that pilate Washed his hands and sealed his fate Pleased to meet you Hope you guess my name But whats puzzling you Is the nature of my game I stuck around st. petersburg When I saw it was a time for a change Killed the czar and his ministers Anastasia screamed in vain I rode a tank Held a generals rank When the blitzkrieg raged And the bodies stank Pleased to meet you Hope you guess my name, oh yeah Ah, whats puzzling you Is the nature of my game, oh yeah I watched with glee While your kings and queens Fought for ten decades For the gods they made I shouted out, Who killed the kennedys? When after all It was you and me Let me please introduce myself Im a man of wealth and taste And I laid traps for troubadours Who get killed before they reached bombay Pleased to meet you Hope you guessed my name, oh yeah But whats puzzling you Is the nature of my game, oh yeah, get down, baby Pleased to meet you Hope you guessed my name, oh yeah But whats confusing you Is just the nature of my game Just as every cop is a criminal And all the sinners saints As heads is tails Just call me lucifer cause Im in need of some restraint So if you meet me Have some courtesy Have some sympathy, and some taste Use all your well-learned politesse Or Ill lay your soul to waste, um yeah Pleased to meet you Hope you guessed my name, um yeah But whats puzzling you Is the nature of my game, um mean it, get down Woo, who Oh yeah, get on down Oh yeah Oh yeah! Tell me baby, whats my name Tell me honey, can ya guess my name Tell me baby, whats my name I tell you one time, youre to blame Ooo, who Ooo, who Ooo, who Ooo, who, who Ooo, who, who Ooo, who, who Ooo, who, who Oh, yeah Whats me name Tell me, baby, whats my name Tell me, sweetie, whats my name Ooo, who, who Ooo, who, who Ooo, who, who Ooo, who, who Ooo, who, who Ooo, who, who Ooo, who, who Oh, yeah
-From Sympathy for the Devil by the Rolling Stones
Bishop weeks is not taking respoNsibility for his actions. I believe the only reason he is saying the devil made him do it is because people actually saw him beat his wife.If that wasnt the case I believe he would be denying the whole thing happened. AND WHAT ARE SOME OF YOU PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT SAYING THE WIFE IS DOING MORE DAMAGES BY PRESSING CHARGES! SHE HAS EVERY RIGHT TO PRESS CHARGES AGAINST THIS MONSTER OF A HUSBAND! SO BASICALLY YOU WANT HER TO SIT BACK AND STAND BY HIS SIDE EVERY SUNDAY, PRAYING, SMILING, PREACHING, AND SINGING LIKE NOTHING EVEN HAPPEND. THATS WHATS WRONG WITH THE BLACK CHURCHES TODAY, THEY ARE SO SECREATIVE AND WOMEN ARE FORCED TO STAY WITH A BAD ABUVISE HUSBAND BECAUSE MARRIAGE IS SUPPOSED TO BE FOREVER. SO FOR WHOEVER MADE THOSE COMMENTS, YOU WOULD RATHER FOR YOUR SISTER, AUNTIE, MAMA, GRANDMOTHER,DAUGHTER AND COUSIN TO STAY WITH A MAN THATS BEATING ON HER? aND THEN WHEN SHE FINALLY DO SEE THE LIGHT YOU DON'T WANT HER TO PRESS CHARGES AGAINST HIM. SO YOUR ROOTING FOR THIS MAN WHO OBVIOUSLY THINKS ITS OK TO BEAT ON WOMAN? YOU GOT IT ALL TWISTED. YOU KNOW HOW MANY WOMEN KISS AND MAKE UP EVERYDAY, AND MOST OF THEM ARE CHURCH GOING WOMEN WHO DONT WANT TO BRING SHAME TO THE FAMILY BY LEAVING THE BASTARD AND DIVORCING HIM, SO THEY TAKE THE BEATINGS, AND BUY LOTS OF MAKE-UP TO HIDE THE BRUISES, AND ACT AS IF THEY HAVE THIS PICTURE PERFECT FAMILY. YOU MUST BE THE TYPE OF WOMEN THAT TELL YOUR FAMILY MEMBER WHO HAS CONFIDED IN YOU THAT HER HUSBAND/BF IS BEATING ON HER, TO STAY WITH HIM BECAUSE GOD HAS IT ALL UNDER CONTROL!
to: jhols001] I'm a Christian and I understand what you're saying. However, I was a witness to domestic disturbance the week before Mother's Day (it happen on pay day). My co-worker had no choice but to press charges against her soon to be ex-husband. Because, I heard thumping taking place on my lunch break. I got up to go see where the commotion was (the unisex restroom). I had the secretary to call public safety cause I realized it was serious once they finally came out the restroom into the hallway. By then a few white people were watching the drama. The husband didn't do much. How can he? He got a tall, scared white woman watching them. So giving the fact that I was in the same shoes with the hotel employee, she had to press charges. The reason for the charges being pressed was because perhaps the bellhop man was the one who called the police. She could've called the police herself but more than likely the witness called the police. The police answered the call and they asked her questions as well as the employee. The police probably saw some of her bruises as well as the employee. For her not to press charges giving the fact that there was a witness would've hurt her credibility. The police can't make her press charges. But had she didn't, she could've end up dead and still have the employee testify against Weeks for murder. It's a no-win situation.
"There are three sides to every story," said Shannon Mayers, a frequent visitor.
how the hell are there three sides to every story? theres only 2, the truth & a lie...whats the third part? & "the devil made me do it" bullshyt is not gonna work here cause even if the devil did make u do it, the devil aint the one going to jail, you are.
@jhols001
Please.....the devil ain't did nothin here. We givin him too much credit. This is God pulling the wool off the wolves. This man does need help. I hope he repented. And for the record he DID run and tuck his tail. Da nicca left his battered wife at the scene in the hands of some strange man while he ran away and hid for 3WHOLE DAYS! You sound like a straight jackazz talkin bout we need them together. No what we need is leadership with strong family values to lead. Not an abuser. Also the bible don't say nothing about him not having to answer to the justice system for his actions.
OK...let me get a clear understanding. They were suppose to reconcile their marriage, yes? They met up to discuss, and during the discussion, he turned to walk away. After he walked away, she said something, and he snapped. (As per the reports - consistently). Is this a one time issue, or was he abusive throughout the marriage? Why would he not show his face at last Sunday's service. He should have. He did right. He's human and as humans, we are subject to error, however, his followers seem to have forgiven him...they obviously know them (Juanita and Thomas) and showed their support of him so... Juanita is taking the correct steps in terms of pressing charges and healing. Now, I want to see how she reacts once she is able to talk. What kind of response will she give. Will she keep it confidential, or will she really tell what actually happened and why he snapped. Whatever the outcome, it will speak on their character (their still married).
Give unto Ceasar what is Ceasars...in other words...while u here...and there are laws to abide...ABIDE!So therefore you break the rules and laws you pay the damn price!!! Like a punk azz he phucked up and can't man up and stand trial! Negro puhleez! God said that many would come in his name and they aren't nothing but frauds! This fraud has been revealed like other frauds before him and other's after and more to come..stay tuned!
Well since he is a bishop where in the Bible it say to curse and strike your wife. I don't buy into all that phoney mess now. Yes people make mistakes and all that but him being a man of God and suppose to be true to the word of God should of never attack his spouse. The first beating a man gives you leads to another beating and then another and you might die at his hands if you stay.
Oh Man, this guy is a joke. No offense to the blacks, but we know how to keep our bones in the closet. When a bishop or a pastor gets caught out there, you are suppose to apologize and cry while the camera is rolling. You cant blame it on the devil. your a grown man. not as much of a man like myself, but come on!!!!!!
WATCH THE NEW SEASON OF APPRENTICE ON NBC!
@KCmo, concur with MadeUnique.
MadeUnique: Thank you for the link. I listened, and here is my viewpoint.
He admits to having an anger problem. The one thing I can say is that at least he admits it, and usually when people admit to having a problem, it is a cry for help. Now, when the young lady on the footage made the comment that some people left the church, some came back, but we will pray for her. Why not pray for him too? He is a victim as well. Just like KCmo said, more will come through the pipes. Just sit back and watch...as I said earlier, she's no angel either. People need to stop following these ministers and follow JESUS. Juanita and Thomas are not the be all to end all (or however that saying goes). They have problems and issues just like everyone else.
Sending him to jail is not going to cure his problems. The man needs help.
@MadeUnique....u r so right. He hasn't put out an apology to her anywhere. However, in both of their characters and in most christians in general one of their flaws are they feel they are owned by God and their actions are God-driven (in their eyes)....They are only repentant to God....(mistake). They rarely repentent in the faces of men but will come out in a heartbeat and say they repented to God in their prayer closet. He should put out an apology rather she hit him first with that 2x4 or not when he walked out to get away from her. That's pretty much bytch behavior for him not to apologize....
@cateverrr well for one thing everytime she came to his church she always was calling people out right in the middle of service telling them about what they are doing wrong in their jobs at the church. A woman of God or anyone with a hint of professionalism would pull you to the side and work on that problem. She always had something negative to say at least 90% of the time. While I love her preaching, her social skills were tremendously lacking. Eventually, she stopped coming into his church which I was glad about. If something so trivial as this was made into a mole hill, then she was surely causing some major grief in her relationship. I'm not saying even her attitude problem was reason enough for him to knock her da phyck out....but she certainly was not completely innocent in her beating. She should've kept her azz seated and let him leave when he tried.....But nnnnooooooo....she want to be pulling bats outta her purse and eventually swing it and then git knocked da phyyyyyccckkked out......
cat4everrr - Here is my proof....
Call World Gym in Fort Washington and asked the owner about how bad Juanita cursed her out because she wouldn't allow her or her personal trainer to use the facilities, because Juanita didn't feel as though she should pay the $10 visitors fee for her trainer, because of who she was...
incidentally, did anyone else notice that Juanitas good friend paula White, also announced her divorce last Thursday night , to her church with her soon-to-be ex-husband at her side? Birds of a feather! Paula white , juanita bynum , joyce meyers all use their "former-victim-status" to capitalize on amassing wealth for themselves and they do it with weak men who they know will go along with their little parade. All at the expense of WOMEN, mainly minority women, who have been abused. How sad! Paulas husband, like Juanitas, has been swirling in controversy about his lifestyle for years. These women all know what they have and work hard to appear as if they are the exception to the rules that we all , down deep, know really apply to human relationships, men and women alike! Making millions of women, abused, trodden down , and victimized , subject to their new brand of economic and spiritual abuse is unforgivable. Paulas husband took full responsibility for his marriage on Thursday and told the congregants that he would still pastor the church and she would go on with her ministry and even come back to preach there. Translation... LETS GO ON LETS GO ON WITH OUR HAPPY LIVES, AS IF NONE OF THIS EVER HAPPENED. where is the accountability for these people. It is NOT a private matter! None of this is! The people supporting their "ministries" really should demand answers. God never told any of us to never judge a matter. He told us to be careful what we judge and how we cast judgment. There is a difference. Trust me, Im no journalist, nor am I perfect (sinless) . when these things occur, we have to , as painful as it is, demand answers. Divorce is ugly, abuse is ugly, lies are ugly and when you are telling people how to live and you arent doing it, they have a right to ask WHY and you are required and obligated to answer that question and deal with the consequence of your actions. People are devoting their time, energy, children, and money to these ministries, all in hope that they are pleasing God. These men and women have no right to claim that their actions do not require the concrete action from the church! Its not a private matter! They should be held accountable for their actions before the church. Not for their destruction but for the sake of the whole so that others will have a clue that you cannot, must not, think that you are too big that no one here on earth can touch you. God did say "touch not mine anointed and do my prophet no harm.." however, when you are truly anointed and ready for that "next level" you will act like it and not scream like these folks are "wait! wait!" refusing to hear onjective counsel and recieve correction. It should be the church, not the government that deals with these folks. sad thing is, the church wont and the government is going to have to deal with the whole thing on a whole other level. Remember Jim Bakker? God will use the outside governances to bring us into correction when we do not judge ourselves. We have been saying yes! and amen! to too much stuff that is plain WRONG! To borrow a quote from my favorite movie "Deliver Us From Eva" To Paula, juanita, Randy and Thomas...."Pretend that Im your mother right now....and Momma says..."CLEAN IT UP!" Get the point people????
@cateverrr naw she stop her sermon and say bro. so-and-so what seems to be the problem with you and that microphone. Now I'm going to give you x-y-z time to fix it. Every week there was always not enough base or not enough treble or it was too loud or too soft, etc. Or she would call out members of the pew and say now broth. so-and-so "used" to struggle with homosexuality. Now that man might've wanted his business kept to himself but she would put it out there on front street. It was pretty obvious that there were people leading the choir or the worship service that were flaming homos.....but she wanna pick on people in her congragation....they were a pair but very entertaining. Or she would say my husband want to do such and such for this church (requiring a large sum of money). She would say, now we got the money but guess what, we ain't gonna foot a dime for these changes. Y'all gonna pay for these changes cause guess what.....He don't need y'all.....Y'all need him......so we gonna pass the plate and y'all gonna pay. I was like dam....Then he would get up and co-sign that crap....He would be like yeah....mother (that's what he always called her)....just like you said. I can always go somewhere else....I was reasoning to myself saying I want to see if they gonna follow thru with their threat and I'll be dam if he didn't. He flipped the church over to a academic accreditation or something like that. I just recently read that it was illegal and he got in trouble for it.
You can say what the bible says? Hum! One i dont know anybody christian jew or muslim that going to stay at the scence of their crime. What I meant by not running was that hew showed up to his thousands of church folk and let me tell you something they are the worst people for hurting you. That took guts to show his face and admit, im in ministry ive seen men just resign and give up because of people like you when The call is really greater than the Fall. You dont understand and to tell me I sound like a jack ass means you know othing about Grace, Christ said "Father forgive them for they know not what they do" thats who we strive to be like, i dont know whats you stance but I happen to know these two. Leadship is supposed to be perfect? What world are you living in. I know whats he's going thru because i've been there married at 18 with a very bad tempter, I never beat my wife like that but I did cross the line a couple of times but she prayed for me and went to live with mom for a while. Its not him putting his hands on her thats his problem and he knows , that was only the manifiestation of the stronghold of anger. Let me ask you if youR teen daughter get pregnant do you blame the pregnacy or the sex she had? He need to deal with what has a stronghold on him like I had ON ME AND THATS ANGER AND RAGE but thank God my lil 21year old wife hadenuff God in her to see what I can become, not that it works for everybody but we talking about belivers here. My wife prayed I was broke then and in the Army well she's been blessed we're both 24 and both making six figures with three angels. Im really waiting my time for some because they dont see the root of the problem thru the Spirit , thats cool but maybe my testimony can help some brother that need to know you can overcome this, Black men have rage in them already, my mom and father were on drugs all my life so I had anger.Not that i was justified for any of my action I thabk God he put the right young lady in my life a lot of yhall would have called me a punk and a woman beater but today im called Father Forgiven Husband and Man of God because it dont matter how you start it matter how you finish
THE DEVIL DIDN'T MAKE HIM DO ANYTHING! The devil IS making him ask those people to help pay for his legal fees, though. Because that's the bullshit.
Anyway....
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@ Hey
Yup. That's the footage at the link I posted.
@ RAINBOWBRIGHT
I agree with you. A while ago a friend of mine told me about an incident of his friend who at that time, was part of the sound/audio visual ministry at one of Weeks's Global Destiny Churches. Well, during service Thomas wanted the sound guy to turn up the moniters but the sound guy refused because it was already loud enough and - anyone who knows about mics and audio knows that you can only mess with the before the mics get "hot" or start making loud noises through the moniter. Apparantly, Thomas does not like to be told no. He marched out of the pulpit, walked towards the sound booth and got in the sound guys face like he was going to fight him and started yelling at him. This is during service. Someone had to step between Thomas and the sound guy - who, I'm told, was completely surprised by his pastor's, 'scuse me, Bishop's behavior. Needless to say, the sound guy left the ministry.
@ ThatGirl03
His admission to his faults as a man, as a human being, WAS great. I say "was" because he cannot ride off of that moment in that clip when he admitted problems with his anger months or probably years ago. He needs to step up to the plate NOW and make ammends. Even if things are not what they seem and more happened in that parking lot (which I do beleive) than what has been told in the media, he can at least acknowledge that he engaged in behavior unbecoming of "a man of the cloth".
@ cat4everrr
Sister Bynum is NOT an angel. Beleive me when I tell you. My sister - a manger at a hotel at that time, had run-in with Bynum and her "entourouge" years ago. Also, just last year Bynum did a conference in my town and refused to walk in the sanctuary until she got paid. Of course they gave her what she asked for PLUS a percentage of whatever was taken up during the offering.
@ KeithSweat
I'm feeling you. In a way they both are victims....of their own deceit. Think about it. They've been potraying themselves as a "couple" in the eyes of the world while all along, they've been seperated for 3 months. They both were willfully LYING to the church and all those around them. They sold and still are promoting and selling their DVD's about marriage KNOWING that they were experiencing issues in their own marriage. Hypocrisy at its best is all I can say.
Who was it that said, "ignorance is bliss"? I will never understand how people can so willing be deceived by these so called Bishops, Pastors, and so-called leaders. I'm not going to get on my soapbox and decry the evils of Christianity (a religion based on stolen pagan principles and deception). The Church is hardly in a position to judge its own, since it is full of corruption and fraud. How can fairness and honesty possibly exist in such a foul system? Church folk are known for being some of the most ruthless, evil, deceitful, low-down, sneaky, double-dealing, back-stabbing, crooked, snakes in the grass! And they all have the same excuse..."the devil is busy." All the nonsense about forgiveness, and anointing is all an excuse to get them past the temporary guilt they feel until they get ready to do the same [EXPLETIVE] again. Of course, they can judge other people all day long because they feel justified by their twisted interpretations of the Bible (another stolen and forged symbol of their faith). I'm sure the the so-called righteous on this board will read my post and say I need prayer, and that I'm bitter. Let me just say in advance, your prayers are certainly of no use to me because if they were, your churches wouldn't be the mess that they are. I don't flawed people to point out my flaws to me. Hypocrites!!
@MadeUnique You are sooooo crazy...You hit the nail on the head! Bishop Weeks really does favor the talking BEAVER from "The Chronicles of Narnia". I could not help myself from laughing...............LOL Without malice or disrespect. I try not to judge others, but he is truly SUSPECT of H.......U........D.........??????????
I've read hundreds of comments on what happened. My thing is NOT that bishop weeks beat up his wife the prophet/evangelist bynum.. What happened has nothing to do with the church. This is about the fact that there were two people in an altercation in the early a.m. hours in a parking lot when a witness reported a MALE hitting, choking, kicking and stomping a FEMALE, when he intervened and the police were notified. The MALE fleed the scene and the FEMALE was left on the ground physically harmed.. THAT IS THE ISSUE. Not about why or what his/her lifestyle is, his/her arrogance, his/her title, his/her public persona, his/her realness/fakeness, etc....), *even if juanita doesnt press charges or decides to drop the charges doesnt mean that the state want pick it up*. Due to all the media, newspaper and internet coverage on this and if no criminal charges are carried out, you better hope when your next door neighbor, plain everyday robert(s) does the same to his wife/girlfriend patricia(s), when your brother-n-law(s) does this to your sister(s), your son-n-law(s) does this to your daughter(s), your father(s)/stepfather(s) does this to your mother(s) *be it for whatever* or when the unknown robber(s) laying-in-wait in the parking lot(s) does this to your mother/ daughter/sister/aunt/niece. Better hope they are lucky enough to have someone to intervene. If not, you may be going to the church not for that wonderful, spiritual, no one preaches like, i know he/she have done things, but these are gods people, etc... sermon, but for a eulogy. Wonder what would have happened to her if no one had been there to stop him...........Because to get to the point where you stomp someone you are pass mad you are livid with rage..................... It could have been NEWS HEADLINE: JUANITA BYNUM'S BADLY BRUISED, BEATEN AND LIFELESS BODY FOUND IN HOTEL PARKING and the bishop weeks on cnn discussing if he knew of anyone who could have possibly hated her to the point of killing her. Yall better wake up, a lot of you or focusing on the wrong thing.
@ MadeUnique... You are so on point with your information! And he does look like that beaver....LOL!!!
I had the opportunity to meet Juanita a few years ago, and lets just say that I was not impressed. She came to the hotel that I was a manager at at the time, and we gave her a suite that we NEVER rent out because this is how immaculate it was. Well, this suite was not 'big enough' to accomodate her, so she says....so she sat in the lobby with her lip poked out demanding that her staff find her another hotel with a 'BIGGER' room, or else she would not be speaking at the church she was scheduled to speak at that night. That was a TOTAL turnoff to me.....this is a woman of God who was in town to speak the word of God, and she was threatening to leave because her room was not big enough....GIVE ME A BREAK!!! What should it have mattered what type of room, or better yet size of the room....all she should have been worried about and focused on was bringing forth the word of God. I believe as many of you have already stated, that too many people are worshipping Juanita and not God, and to me that is just sad......let's see how much money she makes off of this incident!!
I am in now way condoning what Weeks did, because he was wrong for that....he should have never laid his hands on her, no matter what she said to him. How am I or anyone supposed to respect these people of God who stood in front of MILLIONS of people and LIE about their marriage, making it seem like there was no trouble in paradise. They are going to preach to people about marriage, but there's is on the outs......they should have used their marriage as an example to people letting them know that they too have marital issues.
@ dymplezsva
That is crazy - how she acted in that hotel. I bet she "preached" that night at that service though! I'm sure she "had a word"!
@ howcome
All I can say is if it had not been for the bellman who was on her side, where would Juanita be?.....Weeks was livid as you stated and I do believe he went into what some call a blind rage when he was attacking her or maybe defending himself. I'm still waiting for the truth to come out even though HE STILL SHOULD NOT HAVE PUT HIS HANDS ON HER. Stomping, choking and kicking his wife at 4 a.m. in the morning when it can be assumed by most if not all reading this that no one is around that early in the morning? That bellman saved Juanita's life. Think about it. Here's a man that has EVERYTHING to lose. His expanding lucrative ministry, the OVER LUXURIOUS lifestyle that I'm sure Juanita has enhanced since their marriage (I'm sure he had some money before he married her but the marriage seemed to be extremely convenient financially for him), and his increasing status within the "mega church" arena. What happened between Bynum and Weeks would have sadly been a diffrent story today. I commend the bellman for getting involved. Often times people see incidents like this or similar to this and walk past it, stating that it's "none of their business". And in all fairness, men can and are physically and emotionally suffering at the hands of abusive women too. I just wanted to say that because we don't know what led up to this incident. Maybe she's been putting her hands on him all this time? Still....he should have not put his hands on her and if she did in fact bust him upside his head whenever she got good and ready during their marriage, she should have never put her hands on him.
@ SenoritaR
LOL! I'm glad you and a few other people are seeing the similarities. :-)
@ KeithSweat
Wait a minute? They call her "Mother" at Global Destiny?! LOL!!! Whew!!! That is too funny! I can't beleive she doesn't demand them call her Dr. Bynum. From what I understand she barely made it out of highschool and holds an "honorary" doctorates from someunaccredited- boot leg -"vacation"- (as I like to call em) bible school. She didn't honestly earn that doctorates and shouldn't be running around pretending like she did. Dr. Bynum? Please. I'd rather call her "Mother" too than Dr. Bynum. LOL!!!!!!
Oh and for those who think I'm bashing Juanita or even Thomas and want to throw the "touch not my annointed and do my prophet no harm" scripture at me my response to you is this. When I see or hear from God's annointed or his prophet I promise, I'll even pinky swear, I won't say anything about them. But as for Bishop Tommie Wee-Wee and Profitess, 'scuse me, MOTHER Bynum they are fair game.......
well now this is the kind of mess that happens when a former hairdresser and flight attendant becomes a Pentecostal evangelist. And, I think he was a bus driver and sold bootleg cds out the back of his trunk. Let me stop, who's to say they didn't have a TRUE calling, a real epiphany, Causeth the Lordeth sureth worketh in mysteriouseth ways- eth.
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Court documents show that before moving to Duluth, Georgia, Weeks led a ministry in Washington, D.C. called, Center of Hope Community Development Corporation. Court records reveal a $63,000 judgment against Weeks from copier giant, Xerox Corporation, a $22,000 judgment against Weeks from jewelry store Tiffany and Company, a $13,000 judgment from a credit card company and a $6,000 judgment from Ford Motor Credit. In total, there is more than $100,000 in judgments against Weeks. Three of the creditors say Weeks still has not paid the debt.
[link to external website removed] "A source familiar with the housing arrangement told FOX 5 News that after Weeks defaulted on the first contract, he made a payment toward the debt and entered into a new contract agreement to buy the high-end home by April of 2008. "
He was gonna clean out that clergy for all they had. Financial troubles are the number one cause of turmoil between married couples. It may be the reason he snapped, maybe he wanted her to foot the bill
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THE DEVIL DIDN'T MAKE HIM DO ANYTHING! The devil IS making him ask those people to help pay for his legal fees, though. Because that's the bullshit.
LMAO at this comment!! I love reading comments on this thang, its better than the photos, and yes that some serious bullshit, I'd put coal in the collection plate during offering time.
Please, do not judge, unless you be judged. We have all sin, and come short of His glory, but God is forgiving. Juanita must learn to submit. Thomas should have made a wiser choice. Juanita is to dominate. She needs to be rebuked. Sometimes we as women, provoke our men to wrath. God sometimes allow us to be chastened. Juanita was chastened.
