Why I stopped going to church – Daddy Freeze

• Daddy Freeze stated that he was barred from sitting in the front seat after his divorce
• The OAP explained that before his divorce, he was a church worker and was very active in the organisation of the church’s programme but he was barred immediately after his divorce.

Ifedayo Olarinde, better known as Daddy Freeze, a renowned media figure, has revealed that he quit going to church after his pastor barred him from sitting in the front row following his divorce.

In an interview with Teju Babyface Deep Dive, Daddy Freeze revealed that soon after his 2014 divorce, the pastor of their church advised him to take a back seat because he was a divorcee.

Daddy Freeze clarified that he had worked for a church before getting divorced and had been heavily involved in planning the organization of the church’s program, but that he was kicked out of the church right immediately after his divorce.

As an alternative to hiding in the back seat, he stated he made the decision to quit attending church.

According to him, he began studying and investigating the Bible on Sundays and found that the majority of the teachings given by Nigerian churches were “flawed.”

Daddy Freeze said:

“My marriage had always been troubled and in 2014 it came to an end. And I remember I used to do events in my church. The church minister used to pay me then to do events which I celebrated. At least, the pastor was not eating all the money, he was sharing with the people who were working.

“I was booked for an event that I used to do for the church, and I got a call that I should cancel it because of my divorce or pending divorce drama. And I was like, ‘Because I’m going through a divorce does that remove God from me?’ I questioned that too.

“Then the pastor came to my house and we had a conversation. He was like, ‘I’m not telling you not to come to the church but when you come to the church, sit at the back.’ And I was like what’s all this? So, that made me sit at home on Sundays. Instead of going to church and hiding, is it not better that I sit at home?

So, sitting at home on Sundays now started feeding the holes in my brain”.