"I came here tonight to declare that I can bear it, I can bear it, I can bear it."
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Initially left feeling weak and helpless, national Pentecostal evangelist Juanita Bynum, 48, went public with her pain Tuesday, sharing yet another chapter in her tumultuous life story.
The tough-talking pastor, who has survived a divorce, a nervous breakdown and life on welfare, broke her silence two weeks after her second husband, Bishop Thomas W. Weeks III, 41, allegedly beat, stomped and choked her in a hotel parking lot. The two co-founded the Global Destiny International Center in Duluth, Georgia in 2006 but had recently seperated.
Weeks is out of jail on a $40,000 bond for the assault. He is due back in court later this week.
Bynum appeared Tuesday as a special guest on TBN's "Praise The Lord", a Christian cable talk show. On the program, Bynum said she had no bitterness toward her man and would not speak unkindly towards him.
"Nobody could give me enough money," she said. "As long as he's my husband I won't break that covenant."
Also on the show, the self-proclaimed "Prophetess" said the church would help people by preaching more about personal experiences such as her own.
"Today, domestic violence has a face and a name and it is Juanita Bynum," said the female pastor. Bynum said she was speaking about the incident Tuesday because she didn't want her fans or colleagues to view her as a "damsel in distress."
Bynum initially had planned her news conference at TBN but changed the location to the InterContinental Hotel in Buckhead. She stood poised with her hands clasped in front of her, wearing baggy jeans and a pink Daytona Beach sweatshirt. A diamond wedding band sparkled — from her right hand.
Wed in an elaborate ceremony in 2002, Bynum would not speak about the future of her marriage to Weeks. "Relationships are what they are, [they] have their difficult moments," she said. "... This has changed my life forever," Bynum stated. "First, I want to go on record and say I forgive my husband and I wish him all of the best."
That's code for I'm outta there. Divorce papers are being drawn-up as we speak -- trust us!
Born in Chicago, Juanita Bynum was reared in the charismatic Church of God in Christ, a denomination that has a history of female evangelists. She married in her early 20s but within a few years divorced. After years of moving from being a beautician to a Pan Am flight attendant to joblessness and food stamps, she came into the Pentecostal ministry.
She gained popularity nationwide more than a decade ago for...
The tough-talking pastor, who has survived a divorce, a nervous breakdown and life on welfare, broke her silence two weeks after her second husband, Bishop Thomas W. Weeks III, 41, allegedly beat, stomped and choked her in a hotel parking lot. The two co-founded the Global Destiny International Center in Duluth, Georgia in 2006 but had recently seperated.
Weeks is out of jail on a $40,000 bond for the assault. He is due back in court later this week.
Bynum appeared Tuesday as a special guest on TBN's "Praise The Lord", a Christian cable talk show. On the program, Bynum said she had no bitterness toward her man and would not speak unkindly towards him.
"Nobody could give me enough money," she said. "As long as he's my husband I won't break that covenant."
Also on the show, the self-proclaimed "Prophetess" said the church would help people by preaching more about personal experiences such as her own.
"Today, domestic violence has a face and a name and it is Juanita Bynum," said the female pastor. Bynum said she was speaking about the incident Tuesday because she didn't want her fans or colleagues to view her as a "damsel in distress."Bynum initially had planned her news conference at TBN but changed the location to the InterContinental Hotel in Buckhead. She stood poised with her hands clasped in front of her, wearing baggy jeans and a pink Daytona Beach sweatshirt. A diamond wedding band sparkled — from her right hand.
Wed in an elaborate ceremony in 2002, Bynum would not speak about the future of her marriage to Weeks. "Relationships are what they are, [they] have their difficult moments," she said. "... This has changed my life forever," Bynum stated. "First, I want to go on record and say I forgive my husband and I wish him all of the best."
That's code for I'm outta there. Divorce papers are being drawn-up as we speak -- trust us!
Born in Chicago, Juanita Bynum was reared in the charismatic Church of God in Christ, a denomination that has a history of female evangelists. She married in her early 20s but within a few years divorced. After years of moving from being a beautician to a Pan Am flight attendant to joblessness and food stamps, she came into the Pentecostal ministry.
She gained popularity nationwide more than a decade ago for...
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