Bishop Weeks launches Reality Webisode to find new Wife
Relationships among black people seems to be big business online, or at least, people think it is, based on the number of sites you get with a simple Black Dating Google Search. There is a YouTube channel called GurlTalkkTV dedicated to examining things related to black relations (warning, click at your own risk as some of the stuff is NSFW that is discussed).
Even Black Voices has a love, dating and relationships section. The two major mainstream dating sites (meaning the ones all over the TV) don’t target the black community, though match.com does have a black singles section link on their homepage down in the footer. Still, most people on that section aren’t black.
So, what is a Bishop to do, when his wife divorces him and needs a new one?
Email Blasts, Podcasts and now an Online dating show featuring live chats, video, online letters, plus a companion book. I know, it sounds Oprah-esque, but it isn’t. No. It’s Bishop Weeks. While Weeks’ webisode, “Who will be the next Mrs. Weeks” is not brand spanking new (we first caught wind of it last week) the site that serves as a platform to get his Love Locked Down is. They just launched their redesign yesterday.
If his name sounds familiar, it’s because he’s the former husband of Televangelist Juanita Bynum that was arrested for assaulting her in a parking lot.
Excerpts available Friday included Weeks, 41, discussing with aides what he should look for in his third wife.
The group concludes the woman should be at least 25 years old but “with special exemptions for 21 and up if they are classy,” Weeks said. She also must want to have children with him.
“This woman has to be very discerning, and very intimate, and very social and very sensual,” Weeks says, laughing. “And on the ministry side she has to be very diverse. She can’t be ugly.”
The apparent goal is to give people a Christian Perspective on dating.
While I respect Weeks’ game internet game, I can’t help but be creeped out a little. Still, black dating online is an interesting over-saturated niche market, with no one quite doing it right (thus no real clear front runner). Though I feel personally that the church in the greater black community is losing some of its cornerstone status, it is still a big offline social networking entity, so this intersection of online media, dating, and church is something to keep an eye on.
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Greetings All! I am new in the forum. Just want to greet you
I would have to agree its amazing, but the spam is getting out of control
I like the whole online dating seen, although there are so many sites with fake profiles, its best to stick with the name brand ones, or check out some adult personals reviews.
So sad what has become of some of my people… This brother needs to repent, as I for one will not be supporting him… As for black dating sites in general, they are all the same…
In summary, why do people fall prey so easily? Anyone can claim to be serving the lord, etc…
Okay you can look at this in different way:
1. Its a business move to one promote his church and to sell more books, cd and digital downloads. He’s getting a good push from the press about this.
2. In the church market he is being a digital hustler. I don’t see anybody in the religious community has stepping out in web realm in this way by: (A) making a reality show. (B) making inroads to a different type of demographic.
The people he is going to come in contact with are not going to be the same people that will go to his church.
3. He will get some type of momentum by doing these webisodes. Maybe even find another punching bag (I mean wife).
I don’t agree with him or what he did to his wife or what they did to each other. However as a business move he will be a monetize what he is doing by adding new viewers and new people to his congregation. Now his next move will probably getting on Twitter, Facebook, 15 Seconds and Seesmic.
If he does people may need to watch out. Bishop Weeks probably has a song is head saying “Nobody on the corner got Swagger Like Weeks… Swagger like Weeks … Swagger like Weeks.”
@ everyone thanks for all the comments and links. Links always make me happy.
http://mrsbishopweeks.com/ < Awesome. That is actually hilarious to me.
And yes, I am a little bit more creedped out than I let on, but I was trying not to slam him too hard. I get the “business model” though.
and lol @ Angela, he talks about why not in the church in his first video. Something about global blah blah and finding the right so and so. It is interesting… I think is the word I shall use.
Not relevant (below)to the article?
Okay, slam me, I’m a psychologist whose career has been devoted to love and sex, what do I know? For starters…
A couple of things: My forthcoming book The Real Reasons Men Commit (Dec., Adams Media) gets it right (no fluff!). Yeah, I’m shameless, but everyone who has read an advance copy has felt it to be their “bible” for figuring out if he’s real or just looking to get down.
What’s more, go to http://www.ButterfliesAgain and check out an awesome compatibility test–that actually works! Any dating site that uses it can send a couple who meet and marry based on the match to a free Honeymoon–the test developers pay!
Joel
Unfortunately for the good “Bishop” he failed to reserve the domain name for MrsBishopWeeks.com so some clever person *cough* decided to skip a couple of meals at Cheddars and set up an anti domestic violence website at MrsBishopWeeks.com. To say he is claiming to be in the business of web site design it is a wonder he would name a contest and not reserve the domain name. Oh well.
Bishop Weeks is not looking for a wife, but trying to open up the airwaves to get people talking about future mates what to look for in both sexes, how to look for Godly relationships…The title “Who will be the next Mrs. Weeks” is nothing but a catch faze and it caught a lot of people. It also accomplished its goal to get people talking. I will say this; this is the first blog where someone (obviously intelligent) figured that out. For everyone else please see the disclaimer on the ad for WWBTNMRS.Weeks. It says that this is for discussing/dialoging ONLY and not a forum for mate finding or dating.
When talking about black relationships online don’t forget about the critically acclaimed (in my mind) Blackandmarriedwithkids.com you won’t get any Bishop Weeks type stuff but you’ll get all of the good relationship and parenting scoop.
Great post Jade!
@WriteBlack Ouch. I do agree it is more than creepy, something about it just doesn’t feel right. I get his quest for companionship but why on the internet and not in the church?
Just when I was starting to believe him. Now you know he is clearly head tripping!
“Creeped out a little?”
You’re generous.
Weeks’ gambit for continued fame is zombies-in-the-daytime, R.Kelly-talks-about-teen-girls, slimy-aliens-in-a-horror-flick creepy.
Especially since there’s a credible allegation that the man is an abuser.
That said, I agree that it would be nice if someone could find a way to fuse the things that work about the various black dating sites while jettisoning the stuff that doesn’t work.