HBO Max’s documentary The Way Down begins with news coverage of a plane crash into Percy Priest Lake near Nashville, Tennessee in which several leaders of a Brentwood Church are presumed dead. But after the documentary spends the following three hours examining the cult-like Remnant Fellowship Church, an insular religious community that promotes weight loss through a reliance on God, the plane crash is all but forgotten until the very end. Gwen Shamblin Lara’s leadership of Remnant came to an abrupt end on May 29, 2021, after two decades spent at its helm. With Part 2 of the documentary now streaming on HBO Max, here’s what happened in the plane crash, and what the status of Remnant Fellowship Church is today. The Way Down traces Gwen Shamblin Lara’s career from the outset of her Bible study weight loss program in the ‘80s to her 1997 book “The Weigh Down Diet” and eventual establishment of the Remnant Fello… Click below to read the full story from Esquire
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Here’s the Current Status of Remnant Fellowship Church After Gwen Shamblin Lara’s Death
