Amanda Frances is offering some more context on her past experience in a cult. "I have two bible school degrees. I have a ministry training degree, and then my bachelor's degree is also from a religious university," Amanda, 41, told Us Weekly exclusively while promoting the show's 15th season. "Between ministry training school and bachelor's, I was, for two years, very highly involved in a church that I consider to be a cult." She added, "It fits all the criteria for a cult. It fits all the criteria for religious abuse. That was what it was for me. That was the experience I had.