The Way Down: God, Greed, and the Cult of Gwen Shamblin
"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.
Sources loading...
Select a source above to start watching.
Cast
Gwen Shamblin Lara
Self (archive footage)
Joe Lara
Self (archive footage)
Natasha Pavlovich
Self - Former Girlfriend of Joe Lara
👤
Megan Cox
Self - Member 1996-2006
👤
Helen Byrd
Self - Member 2008-2017
👤
Rafael Martinez
Self - Cult Interventionist
👤
Gina Wilson
Self - Member 1996-2012
👤
Rachel Phillips
Self - Member 2002-2009
Recommended
Shiny Happy People
Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey
The Family
Love Has Won: The Cult of Mother God
Worst Ex Ever
Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence
Stranger Things
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
Dancing for the Devil: The 7M TikTok Cult
Devil in the Family: The Fall of Ruby Franke
Sins of Our Mother
Cursed Films
Similar
No Image
The Men Who Made Us Thin
The Sons of Sam: A Descent into Darkness
Mayday
Fall River
Preaching Evil: A Wife on the Run with Warren Jeffs
True Believers
Inside the Cult of the Jesus Army
Deadly Cults
Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey
People Magazine Investigates: Cults
Waco Untold: The British Stories
Jesus the Game Changer