Remnant Fellowship Church (Gwen Shamblin Lara)
Tennessee-based high-control church founded by Weigh Down Workshop creator Gwen Shamblin Lara. Documented child-discipline criminal cases. Shamblin and most senior leaders died in 2021 plane crash.
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BITE breakdown
+1 for documented child-discipline criminal cases including the Josef Smith death (2003 conviction).
In context
Remnant Fellowship combined Shamblin's Weigh Down Workshop diet ministry with high-control patriarchal church discipline. The 2003 Smith case (Joseph Smith parents convicted of beating death of son Josef under Shamblin discipline teaching) was a watershed. Shamblin and most senior leaders died in May 2021 in a plane crash near Nashville.
Notable public ex-members
- Multiple HBO 'Way Down' subjects
Legal cases & controversies
- Smith 2003 Wisconsin murder convictions
Timeline
- 1986Weigh Down Workshop founded
- 1999Remnant Fellowship Church founded
- 2003Smith Wisconsin murder conviction
- 2021-05Shamblin dies in plane crash
Sources
- HBO Max 'The Way Down' (2021)
- Tennessee court records
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