During the album listening party of Falz’s new album ‘Moral
Instruction’, his parents Femi and Funmi Falana were in attendance
and during the event, his mother used the opportunity to express her
concern about the fact that her son hardly goes to church.

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 church this year.”  

Falz however said his mother was right because he hardly went to church 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’.

In a chat with Punch, he went on to say,

‘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’.