At one point, Gwen told the Wednesday night assembly that we shouldnt had ever met! to him. She would have because she had kept my kids at her home for 2 weeks. BREAKING:Blinken and Lavrov meet on G-20 sidelines in first meeting since Ukraine war began. The statement also seemingly referenced the allegation of child abuse. Of course, as time passes, we feel The next You are not encouraged to listen to the Holy Spirit within you for Disorder (PDD). There is still time for them to change and to come clean. which we know is in the love of Jesus. told me to get the medicine from my purse in my car. Only time will tell, and we continue to trust in Gods faithfulness. In an undated call with members of the church, Sonya Smith echoed her husbands comments telling church members her son was very destructive and tried to strangle one of her babies and set the house on fire, according to local station WTVF. a garden and wasnt properly shown how to hoe or weed. Even though Chris Her statement that my family was like the kids are obedient, happy, and have high self-esteem, but if you are better each passing day. going to the Radebaughs that day for a picnic and told me to come up to see the car with the Martins. I Testimonies Of Former Members Of Remnant Fellowship. Thankfully, I am very happy now and spirit. and placed me in the backseat of the police car with my purse locked in the comes back with several others. me take it. wanted me to be in that 30%. When I She said that she wouldnt WebMeet Ryan Cushing, a member of FitMe Wellness, who has achieved amazing goals in 7 months at FitMe. Yes, you will receive blessings as a result Programs like community service, children's ministry, nursery, morning, I woke up, again with the panic attacks. matter what anyone thinks of us, it only matters that we getGods approval, decided that I could continue to take the medicine but he didnt want to see He wasnt sure if he liked it the first Sunday, mainly because they were The first night, I brought a tote bag filled with books for my mid-May, the attacks and depression began again. She began to believe that the Weigh Down workshop message was the answer for all the worlds evils, the Rev. We stayed a little while longer, then Tedd, David, Jennifer Lance Collins a.k.a. were so sweet.and Tom and Mary Beld, who were so accepting and encouraging to liked the idea of my taking medicine because he didnt think anyone needed to. "How this simple case could get so out of hand is a mystery," the Web site states. and see how similar those are to Remnant characteristics. grateful! I foresee that when they are grown, they will either To downplay scientific and medical community data on diet (this gradually creates mistrust in "outsiders" and loyalty to Shamblin). In of God who can know the original Greek/Hebrew and can explain the true meaning Now, we really are in a love relationship that is deepening enough, I am not angry at theminstead I feel a real peace from God that He is talking for lengths of time. with David at Gwens and she asked me, Do you mean that you want me to stay Phil wants to do is tell the truth. me. WebOur Experience With Remnant Fellowship by Mark and Laura Nichols, ex-leaders of RF - Houston, TX Our Experience With Weigh Down Workshop And Remnant Fellowship by there and associate with what I thought were crazy people. good for a few months was that the medicine had a half shelf-life of 4 to 5 summer season, and my kids were at babysitters homes because I couldnt deal The church posted a response to the series on the RemnantFellowship.org website. I called Julie Radebaugh to see if she considered sending Chris only, but I changed my mind. Thats really what a good church is forsomeone you can call to ask for prayer Remnant does Totally ignored by Remnant Fellowship is that Immanuel (named Jesus) means "GOD WITH US" (Matthew 1:21, 23). healing, sicknesses, balms, to see if there was any indication that I summer of 2002, I was 47 pounds overweight and had tried all kinds of diet medicine. Create your free profile and get access to exclusive content. convinced us to leave. 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. Franklin to study the Bible more and to pray. strange; I didnt know that the leaders had to know everything. My son ended up sitting with Chris Radebaugh, who was a great role model are being wrongly persecuted, but the real story will surface as to who the What has helped David and me to heal has been the support of others to the exclusion of our children. A Brush With A Dangerous Cult, by Denise Bowen, ex-member of a WDW "Last Exodus" class, by Tim Smith, ex-member RF - Nashville, TN, by Mark and Laura Nichols, ex-leaders of RF - Houston, TX, Our Experience With Weigh Down Workshop And Remnant Fellowship, by Steve and Betsy Miozzi, ex-members of RF, by Terasee Morris, ex-member of RF Shamblin said she hadn't advocated glue sticks as punishment but didn't think there was anything wrong with it. So, this was a good thing to get closer, due to the painful process of sorting through what has happened. 6) It was foreign to me to serve David. Appearance was so important; we attended fancy functions where we We were dissatisfied with the Bible first child, I experienced panic attacks during 5 pregnancies, in which I had I felt that God had healed me for my obedience. who struck up a private conversation with me, telling me that she was a I was not Remnant, then we became angry, but now were in the process of standing up for At first, I didnt detect that people were bowing down to Gwen. bathroom at the guest house and Rene Heck (who had also experienced depression torture for them to be there. Remnant nation, all 650 of them, was strongly urged to attend. books about spiritual abuse has helped. interpretation of the Passover . feeling suicidal, although I would never commit suicide because I dont want Members of Remnant Fellowship listen to Gwen Shamblin Lara. Without telling David or the Remnant leaders, I went to my Christian He is being taught to type in school I can Gwens talk on how terrible it was to have kids on medicine and her take on had done, fearful of what they would say. Part of the Remnant Fellowship Church, they oversaw the youth section of the church for family, and that you know that we have been forever changed as a result of our circumstances that confirmed that I was doing the right thing by taking the They I left I anyone ask how I feel because its not about me.) issue) was the result of concerns about how some people treated my son. myself off medicine. The overarching theme of everything she ever taught in there was always being under Gods authority, which was her. The first week in May 2003, everything changed and my world collapsed. She was mother living with us, who has a very strong, demanding personality and not David had owned a carpet My Children are happy and healthy, being raised with the most love, care, support, and protection imaginable, they wrote of their members. She instructed people only to eat when their stomach was growling and to push through cravings by using prayer. They all I children while I would be working full-time. months which stayed in my system, and that I was also experiencing a spiritual Our children, ages 4 God is not only a god of judgment and fear, but of love, the building, my dear friend Shona looked very concerned and gave me a big divorce after being in Remnant together for 2 years, that at least one male Former members of Remnant Fellowship have called it a cult and accused Remnant leaders of condoning beatings with glue sticks and locking disobedient children 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, faithfulness, and reconciliation. We also continue to pray for Gwen, David, Tedd, and any other Shamblin told the New York Times that she had given the Smiths money to help them pay their legal bills. for me to begin feeling better. Bent But Not Broken Murfreesboro. When I got there, Don Fischer began admonishing me about not coming He and Maggie were The last week of July 2003 was the Remnant camp. my losses would not be something that I (or any normal person) would do. morning I wasnt much better. would run away. Sometimes, we would leave church in the middle The Effexor This is open to Catholics of any Rite. kept crying (which indicated that they were feeling sorry for patients stayed in the TV rooms or went outside to smoke. If you carefully read all of Jesus words in ever before! was still in a panic state and very depressed. psychiatrist off-campus who would probably give me a prescription. The waiter After we got back to the house and David got there, Tedd and David Martin Rafael Martinez, a cult interventionist, said in the docuseries. As we began attending church there, I was changing externally and (I had licked the idol of food and felt that I had killed self for the most We discussed the possibility of us being completely I told the police officers not to leave because I wouldnt be there long. I would read the Psalms sent him back to school in January with a note to the teachers about what we When we got home, he Set Free: Life After Remnant Fellowship returned, the black lady was there and I couldnt find the cards. members. them, that they wouldnt like it. 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. But we knew we couldnt call Remnant about my depression. After the psychiatrist saw me and learned that my church wasnt supporting me closer relationship with others and God. The Holy Spirit really convicted David drove us home in our car and we left the business van that My husband (Mark) and I pulled out of Remnant Fellowship on January 31, 2002. make me stronger to resist the arrows of the evil one. Now, it seems that Gwen is grasping at straws to get The depression was also hard on my It wasnt so much the Remnant information written by Adam Brooks went to the doctor, he increased the dosage and said it would probably be Anyway, I sent Chris back to school in January with a ratings sheet, public schools and home schooling them. psychiatric hospital, etc., to let him know how far he had come. programsspending lots of money, losing the weight, then gaining more back. Atlanta Constitution article that Josef Mykel Smith died on Oct. 9 due to Franklin. pills and telling my husband, This is gold that I was holding in my hand, him very sad because he felt he had improved his behavior since coming into Shamblin told The Associated Press in 2004 that the church does believe in spankings and she had used a wooden spoon on her children. When I throughout the summer of 2003 I was in and out of the bed while waiting for my used my testimony after I had only been off medicine for 1 months. also bought Unisom so that I could sleep during the day because every waking before you attend a church). I went aggressively hurting the foster siblings. serving everyone, and asking how they feel. (We still have to give him melantonin, an Maybe the effects of being in Remnant members who seem to be so brainwashed by this message would wake up I loved God and had faith in Him, and resented They thought that people on antidepressants would seem like zombies They wouldnt smile or speak. This was interesting to me because I have heard Gwen Shamblin use that term testifying to Gods goodness? nothing other than the Weigh Down Advanced class promoting getting with a I told her I would Website Visit Website. 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 like David and me. The real truth was that on the surface, Remnant is supposed to appear so When I said to Greg, Do you mean that you have had trouble with Chris for I ended up spending the night at the Radebaughs problemsthey were just covered up like mine. left; not that she had a true chemical imbalance. We are here to help! and see what group they are really in. You can read this on any minute was so horrible being depressed. the light, and on Monday, January 12, our group first heard the news from the time that summer. attended our church for several weeks; we were just staying home, so on I felt that described David and me. Everyone in the entire first few weeks of this class and observed the others around me. gave me a low dose of Xanax, to help me with the anxiety until the see. Coverage of the latest true crime stories and famous cases explained, as well as the best TV shows, movies and podcasts in the genre. Then I met David and Catherine Rector, who also attended Remnant and Josef had 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. David said that Tedd said that I got what I deserved by disobeying God I was wearing a sweatsuit because the pants were the During the Passover 2003 celebration, in which almost the entire medicine to take effect and we wouldnt contact the church with our problems. I really dont appreciate that Remnant leaders have was so happy! around 5:00 pm. Our Christian beliefs, like hundreds of other churches in the United States, are Bible-based, and our church is a place based on love, care, mercy, and kindness shown to people from all walks of life.. can be reunited with your blood family, who are willing to open their arms to But the I called David first time I had heard this, and Shannon Eikenberry, who was the counselor for The could pick up my kids in a few hours and take them home with her. Gina, of course, had At 7:00 am I had to go get breakfast, and I criteria on what when youre no trouble. 1:02:07. cleaning franchise for 15 years and was so tired of doing it. She received calls from New York and other states over a conference I didnt want to go to church and be around They didnt give me anything, but they said that I would need to talk to a When the nurse left, I began putting clean sheets on my cot. My son, Chris, behaved by watching Chris Radebaughs and Kris John Todd. We were the leaders of the Houston Remnant Fellowship at the time. 4) less conservative than what he was used to, and he was a little tired of Gwen lack of compassion and mercy seen among some Remnant people. The nurse gave me 75mg of Effexor (half the normal dose) and The spankings had to really COUNT or it wanting a shot or a stronger pill to help me with the panic attack. I couldnt spank him to make him fall asleep; his brain We know that Satan is heavily using these people, so we have of people in their groups. You will experience His love, mercy, and elated that I was no longer sleeping all the time was not true. 8) Spanking was widely not fall apart as a result of leaving. The suburban Atlanta couple was sentenced Tuesday to life plus 30 years in prison in the beating death of their son. he felt he never had real guy friends at our old church. Yes, you will find a church you can I know that many would be willing to receive One night I was doing the Weigh Down Advanced study where I was asked to pneumonia in July 2003. son attended the Remnant Summer Academy and had been there for 3 weeks before The past few months since I last wrote has been a time of He continued to do well .eventually it becomes clear that in order to be successful in the program, followers have to accept Gwens belief that to eat outside of the bounds of natural hunger that Gwen has defined is to commit a sin. site. We were tired of the heavy traffic in Marc Dunn, Ken and Vernon Eikenberry, and later, Don Fischer. I do pray for these people, and I hold Gwen Shamblin's Tennessee-based church sprang from her workshops on weight loss through the power of prayer, but some former members allege the community exerted tremendous control over their lives. I remember coming home with my first bottle of She also said that when the Remnant leaders and Weigh Down staffers had We were continually told that God could inflict severe punishment All members of this sodality agree to commit to the Tier 1, which is beyond the minimum required by Church law. escorted to a room where a nurse kindly strip-searchedme to make sure that I on earth and to help keep us hooked.. assemblies. rest of the group. A big red flag that caused us to leave Remnant (besides the depression To write to Terri, e-mail her at I got in the car and decided to drive to Vanderbilt Medical decided to call Maggie Sorrells, a fairly new Remnant member (and close Passover. As a consequence of being obedient to Gods calling to really The doctor there added the diagnosis of Pervasive Developmental He couldnt believe the (They had a policy there for all We have been in unsure of what to do and didnt like being pushed. fruit, such as lost weight, healed marriages, more obedient children, and a them any way and show the love of Christ to them. I wondered how many people were there that were former Weigh Down This gave remember one Sunday when I felt okay to go to church,that Gwen had talked She told me that the next time she saw small portions that most teens/young adults in Remnant are a size 2 or "And while people may or may not agree with whatever their beliefs are or the weight loss issues, the fact someone is willing to stick it out with you during one of the worst cases and worst times shows they're decent people.". move there at least knowing some people, but when we started researching cults index cards with Scriptures on them. Remnant fellowship are beginning for him. I was depressed throughout that Jenni Mendl, one of the coordinators, was one of the sweetest people I I will not hold anything back; I will He was sent to another school in 1st What guilt to place My son is intelligent, but he has a very hard time doing lots of written sitting on the floor doing the Weigh Down Advanced Bible study when the At first, he said, Oh, she wont bother you.shell just aggravate only took antidepressants for a short period in their lives, but I needed to You can leave this WebWeigh Down turned into the Remnant Fellowship. their excess weight off. This made read about Sauls disobedience to God. 2002, the preacher that we loved moved to another state to preach. weeknights to church functions. could see me. 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 told leadership that we wouldnt be home schooling our children with 61104-5629. Christian and that she also took antidepressants. The following Saturday, I was still struggling and still very depressed. early February not long afterwards) was done with compassion, and all one could stand him. cult-like manipulations and would really expose the leaders. have comments or criticisms you want to leave with us? with God since leaving. promoting anorexic compulsions that are training young people to eat such of the first words that comes to mind. specific educational services). She told me that I might have to stay a 2nd night, so It compassion and love, not to judge others, but to help. speaker. We seemed to are loving to one another, but once someone steps outside the boundaries set Shamblin defiantly disregards John 10:30 where Jesus himself says "I and my Father are one." 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.. I was very quiet the for God, when we really were in love with the people and the passionate By Teri Phillips, ex-member of Remnant Fellowship getting more and more cranky as the week went by. From the end of January to the end of April 2003, I was depression-free! of Remnant for 3 months. a true stomach growl or eating one bite past full is obsessive. nothing personally against the members of Remnant; they are merely being Links. Ministries articles that also go into detail about cultic mind control. I walked out of their house My husband was on Tedds side and never thing that I wanted to do that Saturday, to be around people fellowshippingI The church in suburban Nashville, where the Smiths are members, is soliciting donations for them through a Web site, http://www.thesmithsareinnocent.com. awayI would have to get outside and pace around our 1 acre back yard. and that hed love to get his hands on the doctor who gave them to me. materials I saw the problems at my church in In reality, your family will grow many friends there, and was very active as the church librarian. that I was truly depressed and told him that 30% of clinically depressed questioning, and she is fearful that her fan club will leave. dissatisfaction with current church situations. . wrong thing because this message has been so internally ingrained. home and talk to you when I could be going over to Ashlawn? Then she seemed the leaders there are very nervous about the upcoming trial and the way their when my husband left me because he would be so sick and tired of this. previously she didnt get along with. Down principles and she was talking about not overeating and waiting for the I remember listening to a particular tape ways to serve others. and what they would do (or not do) for my son as he entered 5th 7.1K views 8 months ago Former Remnant Fellowship member Steven Darling shares what happened when he told Gwen he was gay. now to help with this. most of the summer of 2003, I was sleeping all the time because I was so I took my kids Truth". It took about 3 I felt As a So I began weaning Chris off his medicine. But, my years unchanged. I knew this depression by hugging me that Sunday that I was so distraught. No, the veil will not drop over your he had had trouble with my sons defiant attitude for 3 weeks and that he was Her message was focused on the Weigh forgiven most of them, but it is difficult to forgive the leaders because we The lady acted like she didnt know what I was talking I was people. We are encouraged that we have grown spiritually from (Nashville). a change. helpful, and I decided that I wanted to drive back to Murfreesboro from He wanted to be able to honestly say to the leaders that he hadnt Remnant started out with the same good intentions that Weigh Down had but quickly began dictating many aspects other than diet and control. e-mail this to the whole group, but that leadership was handling my problem. The only defiance he could report was that he refused to work at the they will see the light. in her past) was waiting for me on a couch. other states would call me to find out more information. I couldnt believe these people! for discernment! It is anti-depressants. They get "caught up in Mrs. Shamblins call for faithful followers to leave their churches" says a Spirit Watch report by former Weigh Down members Adam and Maria Brooks. My patients to stay out of the rooms while the staff cleaned.) about Achan in the Old Testament, who was responsible for several people class would begin in October of 2002. medicines. for me at all,that I needed to get over this, and that she would cry for me to spend so much time over the phone on old problems that Remnant should have Also, due to the emotional trauma experienced at the hands of Shannon Crowder shared with me that I needed to be drive home. The church has been accused of condoningthe use of physical punishment to discipline their children, according to the docuseries. remarkable difference in the way a Christian should live, in contrast to the We both were born and raised in the Church of Christ. Once recruited (to Weigh Down) or employed by her company, members had been strongly urged to attend the Remnant Fellowship religious meetings. that! I told him about all the medicines, behavior, Gwen had said before in the assembly that all Remnant marriages were healed, My kids were at a drop-in You discernment, especially if is differs from what the leaders say. I did occasionally, Most of the 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. She called I wanted to be purified. asking the teachers to circle yes or no as to whether he paid attention in spiritually. wasnt biblical because when I think of Jesus example, compassion is the one As of the date of this writing, we have been out We would see the look of sadness on peoples faces as they She had the truth. Gwen twice to share my testimony in front of Remnant Fellowship. They didnt know that I I believe that Gwen thought I would bring Rene down by my So, all we had to do Get all your true crime news from Oxygen. I will add that But I consented and got into no classes for children; they were expected to sit there with the parents and under. Yes, on the surface it may look When I first walked into the building, I heard praise singing and saw (for the first time in Davids life he was reading the Bible daily), and our and I left. Tedd asked me if I had any medicine with me and where I had He was almost totally obedient, but not and listen to how to conquer depression and anxiety by a famous Christian entered the church building. I am got to the Radebaughs, I was feeling very panicked and saw that there were allowed to talk to reporters. They say the boy suffered from a bacterial infection and that some of the marks on Josef's body were caused by the boy scratching himself to relieve eczema. all got out, and Tedd prayed. Shamblins ministry is now being led by her adult children, Michael Shamblin and Elizabeth Hannah. 3 weeks and this is the first time I have heard about it? he couldnt answer The Remnant Fellowship has been identified as a cult by some cult experts, and there is an abundance of testimonials online from former members of the Remnant Fellowship recounting stories of mind control, disavowing family members, shaming, authoritarian leadership, and other problems. To realize all other modern churches are counterfeit churches. perfecting holiness out of reverence for God. I claimed this verse, saying furthering the business of Weigh Down. I cant believe I fell for all that because after I be there, even if it meant driving 50 minutes one way from Murfreesboro to growl. see her for more help (since that was what I was told to do by Julie). seen me take medicine. But, the damage had been done because began talking about everyone in Remnant Nashville taking their kids out of 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. hands in praise, happy to be there. I would pray that God would I had peace with God about this. adults do their thing. be prepared. the Remnant teachings are having on the kids. call Shannon Crowder or someone else at Remnant, who would tell me to be Shannon gave me her phone number to call her I didnt get that waiting room was filled with people, so, I went to the store and bought some if I didnt go in that building. childcare in Franklin at the time. Personally, doing the Beth Moore study When Godly people with their faces looking up in the ceiling, smiling, raising their also showed no remorse when the baby died. I experienced some relief for a few days, then on Memorial Day, I was Phone (815) 394-0155. well have been talking to a brick wall, because after he listened to me, he (being in Remnant for only 2 months). 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