Part of the Remnant Fellowship Church, they oversaw the youth section of the church for several years. Later that year, Shamblin Lara was the subject of HBO Max's docuseries, The Way Down: God, Greed and the Cult of Gwen Shamblin. On Sept. 30 of last year, the streamer dropped the first three episodes of Marina Zenovichs investigative docuseries The Way Down: God, Greed, and the Cult of Gwen Shamblin, which detailed its subjects rise from being a diet guru with her Weigh Down Workshop (launched in 1986) to her founding of Remnant Fellowship in 1999. By subscribing to this BDG newsletter, you agree to our. First, Shamblin, known after her 2018 marriage as Gwen Shamblin Lara, was killed in a plane crash in May 2021 alongside her husband, Joe Lara (who was piloting the plane), as well as her son-in-law and two other couples who were powerful within the church. The website also details that its members have a combined weight loss of 30,000 pounds. Shamblin Lara's hypocrisy didn't go unnoticed, and some church members were even confused as to how the guru could go on to marry someone overweight like Lara, who didn't reflect the physical standards she preached. Just in the area of greed for excess food (the basis of the original Weigh Down Ministry), our church members have a combined weight loss of 30,000 pounds! Gwen and other members of the church paid for the Smiths defense. Others raised questions about Lara's intentions. As Part 1 of The Way Down showed, Gwen's daughter Elizabeth Shamblin Hannah took over the Fellowship immediately following her mother's death. HBO Max and The Way Down producers declined to comment on Hannahs sermon. "The basic principles were you can eat whatever you want, no foods are bad. Directed by Marina Zenovich and produced in part by Chrissy Teigen, The Way Down revealed a number of strange goings-on within the church, beyond just the pressuring of members to shed pounds. Prefacing her comments by saying, This is a big win, Hannah implied that HBO Max will soon be replaced next year by a new service combined with Discovery+, a strategy of the conglomerates streamers that had been announced in March. The Way Down: God, Greed, and the Cult of Gwen Shamblin is streaming on HBO Max now. "Under the leadership and direction of Elizabeth Shamblin Hannah, we have an incredible hope for the future as we continue to heal and grow in love for God as a congregation." Hannah's brother Michael is understood to have abandoned any leadership role completely, divorcing his wife and leaving the church in the wake of his mother's death.
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