Funmi Falana, the mother of Nigeria rap star Falz has expressed her worries over the fact that he doesn’t attend church.
Falana spokes about her son’s lack of interest at the album listening party of Falz’s new album ‘Moral Instruction’.
Falana who attended in company of her husband Femi used the opportunity to talk about the musician attitude.
While holding the microphone to speak about his new album, she said, “Folarin, you don’t go to church and I am bothered. I hope you would start going to this year.”
Reacting to his mother’s comment, Falz, said his mum was mother was right because he hardly attended and he gave his reasons saying, ‘I have nothing against the church or going to church; everyone has the right to practise the religion they desire but personally, as a Christian, it has been a while that I have been to church. It does not make me less of a Christian’.
Falz further said:
‘the most important thing is spirituality and your personal connection with God. The reason I haven’t attended a church service in a long while is because I went to a few churches and during sermons, I was put under undue pressure. There was a time that a pastor called me to the altar just to acknowledge my presence for being in church.
“In my mind, I felt that the service was not about me. I felt that everybody was there to worship God, yet they were putting undue pressure on me. The pastor gave me the microphone to address the congregation and I was puzzled; what did he expect me to say to the congregation?
These are some of the issues. I just want to go to church and worship God like a regular member of the congregation. I do not want that kind of attention. I was hoping that I would go to church on a Sunday and it would not be like any other day I’m at a public place or doing a show’.
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