Yemi Solade, the veteran Nollywood actor, has said that he stopped going to church after one of the pastors advised him to avoid work on Sundays.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports that the thespian made this known during a recent Interview on The Honest Bunch podcast, where he disclosed that his exit from religious gatherings came after he became uncomfortable with the way church activities were handled.
He described how a church leader told him to stop accepting work on Sundays, which led him to insult the pastor.
The 64-year-old argued that it was unreasonable to ask him to skip work on a day when filmmakers often schedule shoots, adding that the demand that comes with church membership are quite numerous.
Yemi said: “I’ve been told in the church that I should tell producers not to call me for work on Sundays. And I cursed those pastors.
“It is from that thing that you said I shouldn’t do on Sunday that I put my hand in my pocket and I dropped here,” he added.
The Voiceless Scream actor also dismissed the notion that one life fares well when they attended church
“The notion that if you don’t attend church once life must die, probably I’ve not seen anything change. Rather, I have peace, I do well,” he said.
“Because every day of my life, when I was going to church, I got messages or sort of disturbances. If you are not invited to one committee, then when will I have time to work?”
On why he prioritises work over Sunday service, the veteran actor stated: “There’s no way in the Bible that Sunday in the Greco-Roman calendar… you’re telling me not to leave my house and go to where my chop is. You are here to chop on Sunday. Who are you telling me that I should tell? You want to ruin my career?”