Actress and media character Ariyike Owolagba, popularly generally known as Ariyiike Dimples, has shared the expertise that led her to cease attending her group church for 3 years.
Throughout an look on the Open Up podcast, she recalled how an older girl within the church confronted her over her outfit, a modest pencil skirt, and condemned her for carrying it.
Actress on how she felt concerning the expertise
Ariyiike mentioned the encounter left her feeling unfairly judged, particularly because the church was predominantly made up of aged members who usually imposed strict doctrinal expectations on youthful folks.
“In my group church, na solely aged folks full there. Younger folks don commot go different church buildings,” she defined. “Sure, you’ll be able to have your doctrines, however there’s a option to discuss to younger folks with out condemning them.”
The state of affairs escalated when the girl reported her to her father. Ariyiike mentioned she even needed to ship a photograph of the outfit to her mom to point out that she wasn’t dressed inappropriately.
As a result of her father strongly believed in communal self-discipline, she selected to keep away from the church solely to forestall additional battle.
“My dad believed within the concept of group elevating a baby, so I simply prevented the group church fully,” she mentioned.
Ariyiike maintains upholding her Christian religion
Regardless of stepping away from the congregation, Ariyiike emphasised that she by no means deserted her Christian religion. As an alternative, she distanced herself solely from that exact church group because of the expertise.
