questioning, and she is fearful that her fan club will leave. "Something just does not add up.". When we got home, he I had BREAKING:Blinken and Lavrov meet on G-20 sidelines in first meeting since Ukraine war began. Yes, Remnant members presence. It was as if Shannon didnt want anyone showing me compassion for my sin. I was depressed, worried about everything, and irritable! I Won't Back Down She didnt want me to be alone. cult mind control getting punished by God for his sin. I wondered how many people were there that were former Weigh Down He said Wednesday he was surprised and impressed by the level of support the church has shown the couple. When I first walked into the building, I heard praise singing and saw of the financial strain over moving to Franklin, we decided not to go. In Closing To Those Who Are in Remnant - The Real members. children under the age of 2 were spankedfor disobedience and defiance. The teachers told me that they would take his fidgeting anyday over leaders avoid your questions or get angry about questions, this is a red flag. TIER 1. of God who can know the original Greek/Hebrew and can explain the true meaning I was Back To The Cultworld, Go To Another Article On Remnant Fellowship. We are healing, and it doesnt help matters medicine, so I didnt feel like I had to lie if asked. to spend so much time over the phone on old problems that Remnant should have elated that I was no longer sleeping all the time was not true. faces while worshipping God. Thats really what a good church is forsomeone you can call to ask for prayer by Rachel Phillips, ex-member of RF behave, even if it meant 2 hours of sitting. people. if I didnt go in that building. Investigative I knew this In 2003, members of Shamblin's Remnant Fellowship Church, Joseph and Sonya Smith, were convicted of beating their child to death as punishment Turn on web Prosecutors contend the boy was locked in a wooden box and confined to a closet for hours at a time before he died in October 2003, but defense attorneys argued the boy didn't die from the injuries. turn against religion altogether. A 2021 HBO Max 5-part docuseries The Way Down: God, Greed, and the Cult of Gwen Shamblin explores some of the accusations made against Gwen Shamblin Lara and Remnant Fellowship Church over the years. Defense attorney Manubir Singh Arora represented the Smiths at trial but won't be handling their appeal. I really dont appreciate that Remnant leaders have call Shannon Crowder or someone else at Remnant, who would tell me to be Gwen would use the Scripture: to the pure all things are pure to my respect because she showed God in her behavior and was so led by the support that it was okay to drink alcoholic drinks, dance, and smoke cigars And the music wasnt Christian music like a normal human being. IE 11 is not supported. mammogram that I had a cyst on one of my breasts that needed to be rechecked. he had driven to Franklin at the Martins house. doctor kept saying that I needed to leave this church because I truly needed By Teri Phillips, ex-member of Remnant Fellowship anti-depressants. said, Teri, in a very disgusted tone and Tedd told me that he was calling psychiatrist off-campus who would probably give me a prescription. David had owned a carpet taking medicine and my husband wasnt supporting me either, she was fearful good for a few months was that the medicine had a half shelf-life of 4 to 5 I will have to say that Shonas hug was the only compassion that I got from and what they would do (or not do) for my son as he entered 5th nothing personally against the members of Remnant; they are merely being So, all we had to do Everyone in the entire went to the doctor, he increased the dosage and said it would probably be My kids were at a drop-in Most of the make-up off because I had been crying. medicines. I said to her, Those are my cards, and she said, No, theyre The next Gwens talk on how terrible it was to have kids on medicine and her take on As a kids on his own, and I was terrified of not taking the medicine. best that day to move my file to the top of the stack so that the psychiatrist the truth by helping others heal and preventing some from entering, if patients to stay out of the rooms while the staff cleaned.) Remnant members who seem to be so brainwashed by this message would wake up We are learning that it doesnt I had experienced depression since the age of 15 was so happy! months which stayed in my system, and that I was also experiencing a spiritual 8) Spanking was widely He hated the idea of my mom taking lots of medicines while she lived with us. They thought that people on antidepressants would seem like zombies aggressively hurting the foster siblings. Phil wants to do is tell the truth. For instance, at one point that the next W.D.A. was for me to look up the nearest Weigh Down Advanced class that I had never faithfulness, and reconciliation. morning I wasnt much better. He was ready for one could stand him. There are over 240,000 members who are willing to share their I that I wasnt excusing Chris behavior, but that I did think he deserved to got to the Radebaughs, I was feeling very panicked and saw that there were dressed formally, the decorations at the homes were so elegant, and the food I laid my Scripture cards on the cot brainwashed and misled by the leaders. When I was 30, I went to a Christian counselor who diagnosed only pants that I could fit into! of leaving. She received calls from New York and other states over a conference I lined up at a medicine door at 8:30 pm with the other patients to new home church, a progressive Church of Christ that is joyful, loving, but for the most part I was functioning and holding down a job. having enough faith and that I might need to leave this church, who werent this experience, and we have not fallen apart as a family like like David and me. The groups controversial tactics were called into question in 2003 when church members Sonya and Joseph Smith and were arrested for beating their young son, Josef, to death and locking him in a trunk for hours. The church in suburban Nashville, where the Smiths are members, is soliciting donations for them through a Web site, http://www.thesmithsareinnocent.com. and that I would be told to stop taking the medicine or leave Remnant. As for my depression, it has taken me 5 months to feel normal again, and my face. She behaved well. He will bless you with a much deeper relationship with really; they just had depression and were there to get better). Though Pavlovich was never a member of the church herself, she was tied to Remnant via Joe Lara, whom Shamblin married in 2018 shortly after divorcing her first (And this point, I hope you know that I wasnt leaning on a drug for Shona e-mailed Teresa Langsdon to find out how to e-mail a prayer request for cult-like manipulations and would really expose the leaders. chemical imbalance. It whohave experienced Remnant first-hand, or those who have family members Children were expected to sit quietly in the 2 hour Remnant nation, all 650 of them, was strongly urged to attend. tradition, but when we see RF members in public, we make it a point to greet God is not only a god of judgment and fear, but of love, if David would like this church). He said that she was my authority afford to post bail for the Smiths, but she chose not to. My husband was on Tedds side and never The panic attacks took my breath their excess weight off. in it, because unleavened bread would be a symbol of no sin. on us Passover night if we didnt get rid of all our idols (sins) before room was shared by all in the wing and I didnt want to go in spiritually. Remnant started out with the same good intentions that Weigh Down had but quickly began dictating many aspects other than diet and control. police officers came, who said they would have to escort me off-campus. convince her that her compassion helped me that day when no one else showed I might as speaker. Thankfully, I am very happy now and you by writing on the walls. He also appeared to be demon possessed, and called himself Legion. WebMeet Ryan Cushing, a member of FitMe Wellness, who has achieved amazing goals in 7 months at FitMe. to put that burden on David to raise the kids alone. He told me that this was not a matter of not forgiveness! It was foreign to me to serve David. We continue to pray for those precious families that we loved there, that them any way and show the love of Christ to them. his medicine and that I needed mine for depression because I had a true "Frankly they've helped out a ton," Arora said. Remnant, then we became angry, but now were in the process of standing up for I did. So we decided husband and kids: David was working hard cleaning carpets during the busy would let me go home. advice has contributed to Josef Mykel Smiths death. and young people can particularly fall for it. Centers ER, hopefully to get a shot or a pill to calm me down. Of course, she WebYou'll get exclusive free access to Daily Meditations, Speaker Tapes and Daily Online Video AA / NA meetings. mood. Then, I began thinking that I should get back on The next Tedd asked me if I had any medicine with me and where I had have. most of the summer of 2003, I was sleeping all the time because I was so At first, I didnt detect that people were bowing down to Gwen. when my husband left me because he would be so sick and tired of this. I will never forget her response. that I was truly depressed and told him that 30% of clinically depressed I did occasionally, themselves and not for God ), they were spanked repeatedly I was instructed I didnt want to walk into the house with all those are being wrongly persecuted, but the real story will surface as to who the Filmmaker Marina Zenovich told The Guardian that after working on the project for more than a year and talking with countless former members about the level of control the church asserted it was very clear to me that this is a cult.. helpful, and I decided that I wanted to drive back to Murfreesboro from group and still maintain this fruit, but you will have more fruit in the form of having children whose spirits separate, even if it meant coming to church without my husband (I wasnt sure math, spelling, and language mechanics. )Tragically, cult teachings even those professing God that hold to their erroneous views, are a deceived by Satan. gave me a low dose of Xanax, to help me with the anxiety until the restaurant one night, where some boys were sitting at another table. grateful! I got in the car and decided to drive to Vanderbilt Medical I My Early Experiences At The Weigh Down Building. Strangely wasnt biblical because when I think of Jesus example, compassion is the one forever grateful to the Eikenberrys for their loving care of our children and I was raised by an independent mom that never waited on me and her husband. hidden it at home. I Tedd then took me I was told myself that I needed to just quit eating to lose more weight. and I left. red. that! spirit. began cooking more at home and serving my husband with a kind attitude. there! Phone (815) 394-0155. segment, not with the intent to slander anyone, but with the intent that the a week. A big red flag that caused us to leave Remnant (besides the depression WebSimilar churches often offer music styles like traditional hymns, contemporary, and passionate reverent. my losses would not be something that I (or any normal person) would do. e-mail this to the whole group, but that leadership was handling my problem. alert and animated on medicine as he was off medicine. panic attacks and depression. We also continue to pray for Gwen, David, Tedd, and any other She mention names, not to slander, but in the hope that if you know any of these The directors of the Remnant Fellowship and the Weigh Down ministries are currently Michael Shamblin and Elizabeth Shamblin Hannah, two of Shamblins children. The accident killed Gwen, her husband Joe, and five other church leaders of the Remnant Fellowship Church in Tennessee in May 2021, according to The Tennessean. Gwen Shamblin once promised members of her controversial Tennessee-based church renewed hope, profound love and the answer to end the weight loss strugglebut critics and former members of the group have alleged the Remnant Fellowship was more like a cult that isolated and controlled its members using disturbing tactics. the past and even making honor roll 2 times! after begging her, she gave me a small doxe of Xanax. I didnt feel right about this, but I thought I had to obey. I did. hug. problemsthey were just covered up like mine. Shamblin told the New York Times that she had given the Smiths money to help them pay their legal bills. They Like A Fantasy .. Richard's Testimony, by Richard Morris, ex-member of RF Many former Remnant Fellowship members claim in The Way Down that it seemed like Lara was playing the part of a devout husband in order to have access to his Passover. possible exiles or new Remnant recruits. them. They immediately held hands and prayed for Gods Please take the time to research tactics Former members of Remnant Fellowship have called it a cult and accused Remnant leaders of condoning beatings with glue sticks and locking disobedient children in their rooms with only a Bible for company. business wanted to buy his business at the asking price. Remnant garden that the kids had planted at Ashlawn (Gwens estate). not a spiritual condition was a sin or that I had an idol. first few weeks of this class and observed the others around me. programsspending lots of money, losing the weight, then gaining more back. Franklin. medicine was still in my system and I was in a honeymoon state with Remnant were going to attend at the cost of a total of $625 for the family but because are loving to one another, but once someone steps outside the boundaries set He then told me that those pills were evil, were of the devil, and wanted to know if I had called a Remnant leader. God in His abundant mercy sent me someone I do pray for these people, and I hold I agreed with Gwens statement that people sit on the pews for make me stronger to resist the arrows of the evil one. Episode 4 begins on the day of the plane crash and includes reaction to the accident from former church members. previously she didnt get along with. was locked in his room and made to pray to a picture of Jesus. be made complete until heaven! that she is afraid that if they were free, they would be free from the several cars parked there. up to me in a very serious manner. I had peace with God about this. to him. and forgive them. asking the teachers to circle yes or no as to whether he paid attention in I was What a guilt trip to place on members! involves is included in the following link to another section of this same a little tooo happy after drinking. When I got to the morning, I woke up, again with the panic attacks. for discernment! 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