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The “Great”
Commission of Gwen Shamblin and Remnant Fellowship
by
Adam Brooks
February
17, 2002,
New York, New York
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Editor’s Forward
Adam Brooks fully expects to
be villified for exposing the inner workings of Gwen Shamblin’s Remnant
Fellowship. He’s seen it happen before. Unable to accept the
fact that something may be wrong with her teachings or practices, Shamblin
routinely attributes the “strong desire to keep their strongholds” (translate:
“they’re choosing their sins over God’) as the reason people leave her
new “church.” Surely it can’t be anything she’s said or done!
After all: she’s God’s latest prophetess. Right?
But despite his knowledge
that some of his closest and dearest personal friends will repay his honesty
by thinking the worst of him, he also feels compelled by his love for God
and for other Christians who may be lured into Remnant Fellowship to share
what he knows.
Sadly, we’ve seen this scenario
all too many times. Cult leaders and spiritual abusers are expert
table-turners, skilled in the fine art of character assassination.
And they know how to make examples out of exiles, as Stalin did Trotsky,
in order strike just enough fear into the hearts of their remaining followers
to keep them loyal.
This nauseatingly common
dynamic of cultic cowardice helps display the courage inherent in Brooks'
article, even as (and most likely because) it stands in stark contrast
to it. We thank him for it, and ask you to stand with him in prayer
as you read his story.
— Ron Henzel |
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