The Way Down: God, Greed, and the Cult of Gwen Shamblin

  • Documentary
9/30/2021
47
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The fallout of faith

Explore how the late Gwen Shamblin Lara, who founded the controversial Remnant Fellowship Church and created the Christian weight loss program The Weigh Down Workshop, rose to fame as a diet guru and church leader.

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  • totallyfiend

    Now this was a lot to take in, and I'm having a difficult time deciding where to even start from. The 5-episode series was definitely packed.

    I was confused a lot, as this series assumes the viewer knows how churches work. I didn't get a clear picture of how exactly this community interacts and how it spreads it's message; glimpses of footage was shown off from some gatherings, but I had no idea what most of them were about. It would've helped to have longer screentime for Weigh Down and other church activities.

    I feel like this could've been pushed to be 3 episodes instead with a little more comprehensive timeline and portrayal of both the leaders and their closest people. It was a bit inconsistent and hard to follow, and I was s...

    October 5, 2025

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