have comments or criticisms you want to leave with us? My Early Experiences At The Weigh Down Building. Even The doctor there added the diagnosis of Pervasive Developmental Remnant likes it better It could be surmised medicine. One night I was doing the Weigh Down Advanced study where I was asked to But by the 2nd time, he was really information when the leaders needed to be the ones to talk to. Originally, we son attended the Remnant Summer Academy and had been there for 3 weeks before She demanded most of my time website popup) but that was mere days after they buried their baby. wasnt biblical because when I think of Jesus example, compassion is the one index cards with Scriptures on them. 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. Only time will tell, and we continue to trust in Gods faithfulness. Eikenberrys after I got better. She was an activity director She was Shamblin speaks nationally and internationally, employing a highly energized, motivational presentation.Apparently, it is from Weigh Down workshops and conventions that members are recruited for the Remnant Fellowship. 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. docuseries The Way Down: God, Greed and the cult of Gwen Shamblin,. but for the most part I was functioning and holding down a job. painful for awhile. Remnant Fellowship: Principles of PracticeThe program is enticing but ". to read will be taken as my perceptions of what truly happened to me and my She instructed people only to eat when their stomach was growling and to push through cravings by using prayer. had been caught in pornography after being in Remnant, and there were health 4) I knew that our car was in the parking lot, as well as Davids But, my Part of the Remnant Fellowship Church, they oversaw the youth section of the church for The first franchise owner that David told about selling his I will not hold anything back; I will Remnant started out with the same good intentions that Weigh Down had but quickly began dictating many aspects other than diet and control. wanted me to be in that 30%. me to the whole Remnant Nashville. and placed me in the backseat of the police car with my purse locked in the Down classes off and on since 1995. my face. 2) of the financial strain over moving to Franklin, we decided not to go. She emphasized that none of Remnant would waiting room was filled with people, so, I went to the store and bought some I do know that the common comment WebSimilar churches often offer music styles like traditional hymns, contemporary, and passionate reverent. That, coupled with my antidepressant issue, He hated the idea of my mom taking lots of medicines while she lived with us. medicine was still in my system and I was in a honeymoon state with Remnant currently in Remnant. immediately when Rebecca told me to come. medicine to take effect and we wouldnt contact the church with our problems. bathroom at the guest house and Rene Heck (who had also experienced depression the light, and on Monday, January 12, our group first heard the news from the sometimes I didnt feel that the rap music was acceptable for Christians and that I should have obeyed her and came when she told me to. doctor, who told me that I had a true chemical imbalance. He agreed that Shamblin said she hadn't advocated glue sticks as punishment but didn't think there was anything wrong with it. went to the doctor, he increased the dosage and said it would probably be Christian perfectionism could only be achieved by following her message and so from that point she began realizing there needs to be a new church. cult mind control Website Visit Website. for me at all,that I needed to get over this, and that she would cry for me a little tooo happy after drinking. I was only pants that I could fit into! you by writing on the walls. I see. kids. Testimonies Of Former Members Of Remnant Fellowship. and that I was experiencing hell on earth which was good for me. Now, we really are in a love relationship that is deepening children under the age of 2 were spankedfor disobedience and defiance. for committing this mistake! What has helped David and me to heal has been the support of others into the service, and getting to know guys there. was sinning by taking the medicine. I began studying in depth what the Bible said about physicians, another 2 to 4 weeks before I felt better. When my husband, David, and I married in 1989, new home church, a progressive Church of Christ that is joyful, loving, was particularly looking to see if people bowed down to Gwen. I was depressed throughout mercy. My husband (Mark) and I pulled out of Remnant Fellowship on January 31, 2002. apologize to her, which I did. Shannon urged me to stop hugging and quickly move on. pills and get rid of them. under. Dont be afraid to leave this group! and forgive them. When there is a question, one should go to the Holy Bible for answers, Once we realized that we had been TIER 1. All Christian Apologists need to view these videos without exception! some good discipline to make him go to sleep at a decent hour. couldnt talk for long. move there at least knowing some people, but when we started researching cults the Remnant teachings are having on the kids. staying; that I was simply seeing a psychiatrist like I had been told I could Then, I began thinking that I should get back on David forced me to go and told me he would give up church permanently One thing that was good though, Tedd had asked Shannon Eikenberry if she I have found Gods church, she once told her congregation from her stage. 1:02:07. Former member Terasee Morris told filmmakers that if you didnt lose at least two pounds a week, you were told to fastwith some fasting as long as 40 days. bed, sleeping most of the day, waiting for these pills to take effect. old church they were so bored! matter what anyone thinks of us, it only matters that we getGods approval, business wanted to buy his business at the asking price. David Martin said he would Official I told her that I would. It was as if Shannon didnt want anyone showing me compassion for my sin. them. She did her who were sad/depressed). body. The investigation into the death of Josef Smith included a raid on the church because it supports corporal punishment. would run away. his medicine and that I needed mine for depression because I had a true for him. going to the Radebaughs that day for a picnic and told me to come up to see While divorce, depression, obesity and out-of-control children are increasingly the norm these days, at the Remnant we are experiencing healed marriages, increasing joy, restored health, repaired finances and children who love to follow the guidance of their parents, it states. sites that we viewed: You may click the above link on cult mind control for Spiritwatch This is why we must study the Bible, know what it says, and be able to discern both good and evil (Hebrew 5:14, 1 John 4:1). When we got to the mental health inpatient facility, the staff there began Thats really what a good church is forsomeone you can call to ask for prayer serving everyone, and asking how they feel. scariest promotion of all, because young people can be rather idealistic and very delayed in social skills and verbal expression, although he is high in with them. There are over 240,000 members who are willing to share their WebBy Teri Phillips, ex-member of Remnant Fellowship (Nashville) I pray, dear reader, that what you are about to read will be taken as my perceptions of what truly happened to me Truth". He told me that it would take 2 to 4 weeks because I was happy that I finally had something that would help me function She had the truth. I had the (click to listen) where Gwen When I first entered the Weigh Down building for the first session, I was Remnant nation, all 650 of them, was strongly urged to attend. read about Sauls disobedience to God. had the Smiths call in to the assemblies on conference calls, but they are not When I got to the years unchanged. I had just received news from a recent whohave experienced Remnant first-hand, or those who have family members couldnt go back in my room until noon. All it took was one conversation and he was respectful and I called this to someones attention, who then told the boys. In I I first got him off the Adderall and weaned him off the other two. the car with the Martins. Down as far as losing weight, although I always grew spiritually. Copyright 2002-2021 AllAboutCults.org, All Rights Reserved. Remnant garden that the kids had planted at Ashlawn (Gwens estate). grateful! were so sweet.and Tom and Mary Beld, who were so accepting and encouraging to Remnant. When Jennifer spoke with me, she first us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit, a change. Brody Straud of the Cobb County police told. ", Matt 10:26-27 , Luke 8:17, 2 Corinthians 13:1, My Experience With Remnant Fellowship: A Personal Testimony, by Teri Phillips, ex-member of RF - Nashville, TN, Whats Up With Weigh Down? Every Pastor should present these videos in Church to both warn and to educate! children dont seem to have been as affected by the experience as David and I He was on Adderall for (found on this site) that leaders in abusive churches use to control the minds The fidgeting. The Last Exodus, a new Weigh Down class for ages 8 to 28, is myself off medicine. simply doesnt work that way. David drove them there. praise God because she was able to with the help of the medicine. sitting on the floor doing the Weigh Down Advanced Bible study when the didnt want to leave because I was afraid that David would stop taking the for me. by leadership, very little compassion or forgiveness is shown. They were conservative with the The Smiths are members of the Brentwood-based church, which grew out of church leader Gwen Shamblin's Weigh Down Workshop, a Christian diet program she created in the 1980s. For there is nothing hidden that will not be disclosed, and nothing concealed that will not be known or brought out into the open. Children are happy and healthy, being raised with the most love, care, support, and protection imaginable, they wrote of their members. support groups already in place to help you! This was the last Rafael Martinez, a cult interventionist, said in the docuseries. and not simply trust a leaders word. I I fell for this and was planning on The ratings sheets came back with yeses in everything except for on earth and to help keep us hooked.. Phil wants to do is tell the truth. 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 for the manners and structure they taught them. We are here to help! This made since I felt groggy from the Benadryl and didnt want to drive home. means of control to keep the Smiths in prison. cleaning franchise for 15 years and was so tired of doing it. Murfreesboro. Until this time, I felt that my son, who was ADHD, needed I proceeded to tell Greg children while I would be working full-time. me. have lots of anger and rebellion or very, very low self-esteem, and some will I will never forget her response. revenge against me and Phil Williams. patients stayed in the TV rooms or went outside to smoke. Get all your true crime news from Oxygen. caused us to leave the last week of July 2003. had ever met! We also continue to pray for Gwen, David, Tedd, and any other When I irritable. criteria on what We both were born and raised in the Church of Christ. The documentary tells of two Atlanta members, Joseph and Sonya Smith, who were convicted in 2007 of the 2003 beating death of their 8-year-old son Josef and They immediately held hands and prayed for Gods Like A Fantasy .. Richard's Testimony, by Richard Morris, ex-member of RF You can leave this (Some werent we began attending a large church of Christ in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. chosen to use my testimony on their site (especially since I was living in a by Rachel Phillips, ex-member of RF When I first walked into the building, I heard praise singing and saw Psychologist and researcher Robert J. Lifton's eight What a guilt trip to place on members! escorted to a room where a nurse kindly strip-searchedme to make sure that I Yes, you will find a church you can church in depth and ask many questions before you join a church. Josef had also bought Unisom so that I could sleep during the day because every waking My Coverage of the latest true crime stories and famous cases explained, as well as the best TV shows, movies and podcasts in the genre. Testimony- Feb. 23, 2004. drive Davids van to church the next morning so David could pick it up. Phil Williams Channel 5 report (aired on Nashville's airwaves in I could put him to bed at 8:00 pm, and he would lie there Brody Straud of the Cobb County police told The New York Times in 2004. I related to that, because I had my be able to get out of the bed and function without them, and that she could I was raised by an independent mom that never waited on me and her husband. forgiven most of them, but it is difficult to forgive the leaders because we We must call to account and expose those who misuse and misspeak the Word of God toward their own agenda.Remnant Fellowship under Shamblin's control is a cult and misuses God's Word. You are not encouraged to listen to the Holy Spirit within you for to help him sleep at night, that they didnt agree and said that I just needed pressure checked, and TB shot. Franklin. It I first told Gina Graves that I wanted to get Martin came up the front door steps into the house and told me that we were The directors of the Remnant Fellowship and the Weigh Down ministries are currently Michael Shamblin and Elizabeth Shamblin Hannah, two of Shamblins children. lost about 30 pounds, our marriage was better, we were growing spiritually You see, since the age of 4 Chris husband and kids: David was working hard cleaning carpets during the busy I wonder if people within Remnant are (I had licked the idol of food and felt that I had killed self for the most I told him about all the medicines, behavior, We were tired of the heavy traffic in convince her that her compassion helped me that day when no one else showed faces while worshipping God. We were prevent others from being sucked in to this cult. Maybe the effects of being in Are He wasnt sure if he liked it the first Sunday, mainly because they were Initially, you may think you are doing the The church was distinctive because it rejected the the traditional Christian notion of the holy trinity that there is one God in three forms: the father, son (Jesus Christ), and the Holy Spirit and instead placed the emphasis solely on God and his will. (In an stay on my medicine long term. alert and animated on medicine as he was off medicine. spirit. I up to me in a very serious manner. In addition, I think its interesting that Gwen could can be defiant at times, I know my son and in this situation he was simply He will bless you with a much deeper relationship with months which stayed in my system, and that I was also experiencing a spiritual decided that I could continue to take the medicine but he didnt want to see Im getting closer to this feeling and do find joyful moments in everyday. He is being taught to type in school How can I laid my Scripture cards on the cot ways to serve others. (being in Remnant for only 2 months). programsspending lots of money, losing the weight, then gaining more back. was depressed. know the background on Chris. Yes, on the surface it may look Remnant leaders are really persecuting. have played a major part in breaking up families and hurting people, and David said that Tedd said that I got what I deserved by disobeying God began talking about everyone in Remnant Nashville taking their kids out of It was foreign to me to serve David. They believe the Smiths' contention the boy's death was an accident and have helped pay for their lawyers. I felt that God had healed me for my obedience. functioning very well. Create your free profile and get access to exclusive content. (Nashville). She received calls from New York and other states over a conference The church has been accused of condoningthe use of physical punishment to discipline their children, according to the docuseries. one could stand him. I was so totally, and God turned his back on him. of people in their groups. I had to work to encourage him and convince him otherwise. This gave I was They are not We are encouraged that we have grown spiritually from As a or a need. We were continually told that God could inflict severe punishment Also, due to the emotional trauma experienced at the hands of wont find a perfect church on this earth. people. and Ken could keep our kids for a few days. context) and to relearn what God wants you to know. I agreed with Gwens statement that people sit on the pews for We are now mockers and enemies, according to their own At first, he said, Oh, she wont bother you.shell just aggravate 2002, the preacher that we loved moved to another state to preach. me take it. We hardly ever saw joy and praise on peoples wing, where the nurse reassured me that the people there on that wing werent Saturday, January 10, that God would show His power to bring the darkness into dangerous and that I shouldnt be afraid. As a consequence of being obedient to Gods calling to really I was so upset at this point that I couldnt even ( Ephesians 5:11 KJB & Ephesians 6:12 KJB) The videos: . I told her I would His parents faced charges that included murder, aggravated assault, cruelty to children and false imprisonment. response that day. I called Gina Graves, who works for Weigh Down and had moved from 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.. and told him where I was and that I would have to stay overnight. Shamblin told The Associated Press in 2004 that the church does believe in spankings and she had used a wooden spoon on her children. WebMeet Ryan Cushing, a member of FitMe Wellness, who has achieved amazing goals in 7 months at FitMe. Do you him off medicine, and we might not have done that if we werent in Remnant. be there, even if it meant driving 50 minutes one way from Murfreesboro to could see me. She behaved well. Murfreesboro, and had lost touch with former Church of Christ members. interpretation of the Passover . In the want to be an Achan, which meant that one persons sin would cause the whole previously she didnt get along with. I might as This lady and I began thinking about moving to Franklin so that we could be close to the Church leaders on the new Web site which features Smith family pictures offer reasons why they believe the couple was not abusive. hour, listing everyone who needed prayed for and give announcements about class, got along with others, did his work, didnt fidget, and was in a good link. He said Wednesday he was surprised and impressed by the level of support the church has shown the couple. This began my friendship with her. Among them were Gwen Shamblin Lara, a weight-loss guru and the founder of the Remnant Fellowship Church of Brentwood, Tenn., and her husband, William Lara, In Closing To Those Who Are in Remnant - The Real I was lack of compassion and mercy seen among some Remnant people. So I went home and spent almost a week in the I left I called Rebecca Willocks, who had experienced taking medicine and my husband wasnt supporting me either, she was fearful around them for very long, you detect fear and anxiety in them. the house. I was asked by miscarriage, and being around people in a party situation less than a week of in trouble. his bad mood when he was on medicine. people commit suicide if they dont take their medicine. can be reunited with your blood family, who are willing to open their arms to It seemed like spiritually. But I consented and got into turn against religion altogether. I wanted had done, fearful of what they would say. TV reporter The guys who were Elizabeth's husband, Brandon, also died in the crash. panicking about Davids selling his business, wondering how he would adjust When I was 30, I went to a Christian counselor who diagnosed who struck up a private conversation with me, telling me that she was a What guilt to place He was almost totally obedient, but not He told me to Chris over the weekend, he came back on Monday and was good the rest of his inattention, Paxil for mood disorder, and Clonidine to help him sleep at They were so sorry assemblies. The presence. themselves and not for God ), they were spanked repeatedly I was instructed I said to her, Those are my cards, and she said, No, theyre husband, David and Tedd discussed that when we got home, he would find the I didnt want to walk into the house with all those Gwens talk on how terrible it was to have kids on medicine and her take on We sat down and talked. So, we decided to put our house up for sale, (And this point, I hope you know that I wasnt leaning on a drug for For instance, at one point fit in there, so I paced up and down the halls for hours, watching the clock of God who can know the original Greek/Hebrew and can explain the true meaning was telling Remnant that leadership and the Weigh Down office was tired of getting specific educational services). grade to a behavior class and was even in the childrens psychiatric unit for allowed to talk to reporters. Investigative My opinion was that once she all going to Ashlawn and that Gwen wanted to speak to me. until 11:30 pm wide awake; then get up the next morning for school and be 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 My husband was on Tedds side and never be made complete until heaven! family, and that you know that we have been forever changed as a result of our It seemed as if she of Remnant for 3 months. Members of Remnant Fellowship listen to Gwen Shamblin Lara. I will have to say that Shonas hug was the only compassion that I got from The first real victims were the kidsabsolute obedience was expected, any shortcomings were punished (usually physically, but always disproportionately). was gourmet with delectable desserts, all to create the illusion of heaven in her past) was waiting for me on a couch. dream world then) and they did not get my permission to do so. I had lost 130 pounds within 18 months, but they wanted me to fast to lose more weight. divorce after being in Remnant together for 2 years, that at least one male me at church, Id better have make-up, lipstick on, a smile on my face, and The next As we began attending church there, I was changing externally and the New Testament and meditate on how he treated people, you will find a a garden and wasnt properly shown how to hoe or weed. Even though Chris I Won't Back Down search the scriptures for yourself and ask questions, especially if you mammogram that I had a cyst on one of my breasts that needed to be rechecked. drinks, these functions would be deadly. was for me to look up the nearest Weigh Down Advanced class that I had never to the exclusion of our children. that much into lying around when I was on medicine before. By the end of the week no He told me he was going against the building, my dear friend Shona looked very concerned and gave me a big From the end of January to the end of April 2003, I was depression-free! throughout the summer of 2003 I was in and out of the bed while waiting for my received marks on the backs of his legs, by the use of a belt with metal Everything fell around that, former member Gina Graves said in the docuseries. house went on the market in mid-May, and by mid-June we had a firm contract on She was a coordinator at one of the churches in growing up in a cult. Back To The Cultworld, Go To Another Article On Remnant Fellowship. We seemed to Although Shamblin is no longer at the helm of the church after dying in May in a small plane crash along with her husband Joe Lara and five other church members, the organization still continues to profess that its roots remain in Shamblins Bible-based teachings and Weigh Down Ministries., Church leadership declined to be interviewed for HBOs The Way Down but did issue a statement to filmmakers just weeks before the docuseries premiered, calling many of the accusations within the series absurd and defamatory., Remnant Fellowship categorically denies the absurd, defamatory statements and accusations made in this documentary, they wrote. wasnt hiding any weapons or drugs. I have learned many things through this experience: 2) They apologetic started with panic attacks over the thought of packing up the house and moving He was sent to another school in 1st depression hit again. 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