[11] Having already gained experience through the 1945 founding of a church credit union, Weston, along with a supporting team of 14,[1] applied for a state charter to open a bank.
[3][12] Prior to his formal 1950 ordination,[11] Weston was active in labor and social causes and joined the National Negro Congress as field secretary.
[13][14] He organized civil rights rallies in New York City and worked to provide jobs and housing for the local community.
[11] He also worked, prior to attaining ordination as a deacon, first as a caseworker, then as a supervisor, for New York City's Department of Social Welfare.
In 1965 Weston advocated that his followers support "a civilian police review board and oppose individual residential water meters.