The article I am going to share with you is about a year old. However, if a situation is factual, it really does not matter how old it is, especially if it pertains to the things of God.

An eyewitness to one of many abominable mega-church worship practices has come forth to share with Afromerica an incident that should not go unnoticed or unpunished. While attending the church of Bishop Thomas Weeks and Juanita Bynum early Sunday morning, the witness said that sister Bynum told the prayer group that they needed to purchase a t-shirt with the church name on it. And if they did not purchase one, they could not attend next week’s prayer meeting.

Of course this happened while the two of them, Weeks and Bynum were still supposedly together. We now know that the marriage was pretty much a farce. What I find interesting about this is that women were being pressured to buy a t-shirt with no respect for the fact that the extra $5 or $10 that it would have taken to purchase that t-shirt would have been a hardship on some women. Many women are scraping just to make ends meet.

Have you ever heard of a church mandating that you must pay tithes or risk being kicked out? Can you imagine Jesus telling a congregation such?

This witness also told that a few months ago while visiting the church, Bishop Weeks told the congregation that if they did not pay their tithes that day, that they would be receiving a letter in the mail at their home telling them they could no longer come to his church. Ain’t this a blip? Who in hell (no pun intended) does he think he is?

So Afromerica decided to research this so-called mega-church of God. While visiting the church website, Afromerica discovered that this organization is not out for the purpose of saving souls, but obviously – by the set up of the website – to make money, money, money. Visit the site.

This type marketing and advertising of God’s word is a disgrace to religion and a destructive force in the Black community. These people should be stoned, and yes, Afromerica said it. There is no fear of God’s wrath against what we said because if God were a just God, he would know that this ministry of Weeks and Bynum is more of an abomination than telling the truth about it.    source

I will agree with the author of this article that he is 100% correct in stating that Weeks’ website and Bynum’s website are both set up strictly as money making machines. If you don’t believe it, visit those sites. As of today’s date (11/25/07) there is ZERO mention of Jesus Christ. He obviously is not a part of the equation with those two. And with that in mind, why are people sending their money to those two individuals? If they are not doing kingdom work, what is the purpose?