‎Nigerian singer and songwriter Oluwasheyi Joshua, popularly known as Sheyi Shay, has opened up on the reason she stopped attending her old church.

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‎According to her, a leader in her former church urged them to stop singing new age gospel songs in praise and worship, but instead sing hymns and only songs that are direct scripture, which made her leave the church.

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‎She stated that she is wondering why the leader was okay with singing some of the hymns which was written by slave owners, and forcefully passed down from generation to generation.

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‎She further clarified that not all hymns were written by slave owners, but a lot of them were composed by them.

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‎Sheyi Shay wrote on her Instagram story:
‎"One leader like dat at my former church said something like ‘we need to stop singing all these new age gospel songs in praise and worship and go back to singing hymns and only songs that are direct scripture…’ guess what? I stopped going to that church. PERIOD!"

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‎"Because I don’t know how or why you would feel blessed and happy by singing some of the songs that slave owners wrote and forced them to sing and pass down through generations while beating and torturing your ancestors… makes no sense. Do your research! Ignorance is NOT Godly !!!."

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‎"Not all hymns were written by slave owners ooo! But a lot of them were, In some cases, you’re better off making your own praise and worship songs/hymns (based on scripture if you prefer)."

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