Marvin Winans, the multi award-winning tenor, chief songwriter and member of Gospel music's most heralded family, takes center stage as he delivers his debut solo album, Alone But Not Alone, which is set to hit stores September 25, 2007.

The first single, "You Just Don't Want to Know," is being featured in the upcoming motion picture film A Good Man is Hard to Find, starring Hill Harper (CSI: NY), Golden Brooks (Girlfriends), R&B singer Deborah Cox, Melissa De Sousa (One on One) and Darrien Dewitt Henson (Stomp the Yard).

Winans came to international fame as the lead singer of The Winans along with brothers Ronald, Carvin and Michael Winans. The Grammy-award quartet revolutionized the way the world viewed gospel music. The Winans scored hit after hit in the 90's with such classics as "Tomorrow," Ain't No Need to Worry" with Anita Baker and "It's Time featuring Teddy Riley.

The 12-track CD features masterful vocals and lyrics that cements Winans' place as a gospel music icon. From the beginning of the first song until the album's end, the project delivers situational, inspirational and faith-inspired messages in a style that builds on Winans' legacy, stepping beyond just the gospel base, but with tunes that are fitting to smooth jazz and quiet storm radio formats as well.

"His voice is like no other. His message is timeless. His ministry is life changing and his music is something the world needs to hear. I love Marvin Winans and you will, too," says CeCe Winans.

Winans joins forces with producer Tommy Sims, who with extensive experience in pop music was able to maintain Winans' trademark crossover style, without compromising his gospel content.

The first single, "You Just Don't Want to Know" is an acoustic guitar driven ballad that has the makings of a universal mantra. Winans sings of a broken marriage and man's responsibility to his fellow man based upon biblical passage taken from the 15th chapter of Romans.

The title cut "Alone But Not Alone," opens with a snippet of the soulful sound of Marvin Gaye's "Inner City Blues," then subtly transitions into Winans' declaration of his solid relationship with God. On the up-tempo track, a tightly woven-blend of smooth jazz and neo-soul showcases the singer's remarkable vocals. "Alone But Not Alone" is a song of encouragement and affirmation that you should stand on what you believe even when others don't," states Marvin Winans.

Alone But Not Alone offers tunes that are reminiscent of the family quartet, The Winans, as in "My Story," an upbeat collaboration with twin brother Carvin and "He Brought Me Joy," as Winans' brother Ronald appears on what would be his last recording, to testify of God's faithfulness.

Keeping things close to home, the CD will be released on PureSprings Gospel, headed by platinum-selling sister CeCe Winans' label, and distributed by EMI. Check out Winans' My Space page at http://www.myspace.com/marvinwinansmusic.

The marriage of Prophetess Juanita Bynum and Bishop Weeks is over. Bynum told an Atlanta's Fox 5 that last month's alleged attack wasn't the first time the couple has had problems.

Bynum said she loves her husband but she is finished with what she called an abusive marriage. She confessed she thought the routine heated arguments in their marriage were normal initially.

She said she gave her attorney the go-ahead for divorce proceedings last week.

Bishop Weeks is accused of beating Bynum in an Atlanta hotel parking lot on August 21.

Bynum told the station that this wasn't the first time they had a physical altercation but it had never been to this degree – only pushing and shoving. She said he had never physically drawn a fist back and hit her.

Bynum said she will assist prosecutors with the aggravated assault case but she could not pass judgment on whether Weeks should go to jail. She believes he still has redeeming qualities.

She said she doesn't believe her love for her husband will ever die and she thinks she could marry him twice — but this one is over. She said he's a brilliant man and she believes God will get that purpose out of his life.

Bynum said maybe he wasn't meant to be with her and she wishes him the best.

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Until September 4, Prophetess Juanita Bynum had not publicly spoken about the alleged beating she suffered at the hands of her estranged husband, Bishop Thomas Weeks, III.

The only comment she made was through her publicist, Amy Malone, who said on behalf of Bynum that she wasn't in a fight with Weeks; she was attacked.

On September 4, Bynum's spiritual father, Bishop T.D. Jakes, wrote an OpEd letter to the Atlanta Journal Constitution advising church leaders on dealing with domestic violence and urging Christians to remember the church's job is not a judicial one.

On that same day, Bynum held a press conference at the Intercontinental Hotel in Atlanta's Buckhead section where she told reporters that she represents the urban community on the issue of domestic violence. Later that night, she appeared on the Trinity Broadcasting Network's (TBN) "Praise the Lord" program at 10 p.m. EST.

On TBN Bynum initially mentioned the incident before interviewing gospel singer Tarralyn Ramsey. She said, "…Let me just say this. Let me just set the record straight 'cause I don't know what ya'll looking at … everybody looking at me like I'm supposed to be pitiful or something. You have to understand that when your worse hour comes, you're in your finest hour at the same time."

During her interview with gospel singer DeWayne Woods, she said, " … the minute when I made the decision that I was no longer a victim but an advocate … It's like before he can take you to your next level. It's like he has to kill the whole image. He has to kill the whole look … The minute I said I am going through this for somebody else … that this is not my battle. This is not my warfare. I'm in warfare for women all over the world. My mind changed … I didn't feel embarrassed anymore. I stepped in the purpose."

During the broadcast, a sometime-tearful Bynum went on to say, among other things, that she's not going to be religiously political and that she forgives her husband.

According to published reports, Bynum has said it is too early to say if she'll stay with Weeks. For now, she said she's concentrating on herself.

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Bishop Thomas Weeks faced serious financial trouble leading up to the alleged attack of his wife, televangelist Juanita Bynum, last month in Atlanta, reports the city’s FOX 5 news.

According to the report, the 40-year-old bishop left several unpaid creditors behind when he and his wife moved to Atlanta from Washington, D.C. in 2006 to expand their ministry.

FOX 5 News uncovered court documents that show Weeks led a ministry in 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.

Combined, Weeks owes more than $100,000 in judgments. Three of the creditors say he has yet to pay the debt.

Family members have confirmed to FOX 5 that Weeks and Bynum began leasing a $2.5 million home with six bedrooms in the St. Marlo golf community in Forsyth County in early 2006. Earlier this summer, a court gave the order to serve an eviction notice. Dispossessory documents dated for June 26, 2007 indicate Weeks owed $54,000 in past due rent at the luxury home, the station reported.

According to the eviction notice issued at the magistrate court in Forsyth County, when deputies went to Weeks' home to serve the eviction notice, Weeks and all of his furniture were gone.

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.

Weeks is facing assault charges for allegedly stomping and beating his estranged wife in the parking lot of the Renaissance Hotel, located near the Atlanta airport.

The release of Marvin Sapp's third and latest offering, THIRSTY, has garnered several career "firsts" for the singer. At retail, THIRSTY became Sapp's first ever No. 1 debut on Billboard's Gospel chart. Seven weeks later, the CD is still at #1 – making Sapp the only Gospel artist in 2007 to maintain the number one slot for longer than four weeks.

His runaway hit single "Never Would Have Made It" is Sapp's first and only No. 1 single on the Nielsen BDS Gospel chart. In securing the #1 spot, "Never Would Have Made It" 'jumped five positions on the chart – representing the biggest jump to #1 by any single to date on the BDS Gospel chart. It took "Never Would Have Made It" just under 12 weeks after entering R&R's Gospel Top 30 at No. 25 – the highest debut week of May 28th – to make it to #1. No other single since Kirk Franklin's "Looking For You" in November 2005 has successfully attained such a feat.

"When I first heard "Never Would Have Made It" I knew it was a powerful song and it speaks directly to the hearts of all who hear it, which undoubtedly is why it is performing so well," says James "Jazzy" Jordan, SVP/GM of Zomba Gospel. "Marvin Sapp has one of the most recognizable and magnetic voices in Gospel, and has consistently delivered great music. It is exciting to see him experience this level of success at this point of his career and we are looking forward to THIRSTY being at the top of the charts for many more weeks to come. It isn't going away any time soon."

Marvin Sapp's upcoming television appearances include BET's Bobby Jones Gospel and TV One's Gospel of Music With Jeff Majors. Additionally, Sapp will be performing next Friday, August 31, at The New York Call's "Brother-to-Brother Gathering" where Bishop T.D. Jakes will be the guest speaker.

Last week ArticlesOfInfo.com reported to you that Pastor Thomas Weeks was arrested for viciously beating his wife – popular televangelist Juanita Bynum. Since then, Weeks has hired a team of lawyers and a gang of publicists to aggressively defend him in what plans to be one of the most high profile "Black Church" trial ever.

But ArticleOfInfo.com has learned that Bishop Weeks has found a creative way to pay for all those lawyers and publicists. You see, the Pastor is asking his parishioners to pay for them.

Friends and family of Pastor Weeks are sending out word that they have set up a fund, called "The Raven Fund," which will cover all the expenses of defending the Pastor from any civil or criminal claims stemming from his brutal beating of Juanita.

But a lot of Weeks' congregants are reaching out, saying that they're not willing to foot the bill for the Pastor's disgraceful actions. Tells one of Weeks' parishioners, "He beat on Juanita and now he wants us to pay the bill for it … That's one debt he's going to have to pay for himself."

The estranged husband of national evangelist Juanita Bynum was facing turmoil in his personal life in the months before he allegedly lashed out and assaulted his successful wife in a hotel parking lot.

"I'm not going back," said Gilyard, who is engaged to be married. "How can he counsel people about their marriages if he can't take care of his own business. That was his wife."