Ariyike Dimples opens up on why she quit church for three years after being judged for her fashion, but remains a practicing Christian

Nigerian actress and media personality Ariyike Owolagba, popularly known as Ariyike Dimples, has revealed why she stopped attending church for three years.

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Speaking on the Open Up podcast, the actress explained that a church elder criticised her fashion sense, claiming she would go to hell for wearing a pencil skirt to service.

The elder deemed the outfit indecent, leaving Ariyike frustrated and prompting her decision to quit her community church.

“In my community church, you see only elderly people. You barely see the young ones. The young ones have gone to other churches. It was too serious.

Yes, you can have your doctrines, but there is a way you can simplify it for young people and take them in without judging them,” she said.

She added, “The reason I stopped going to church was because I wore a pencil skirt and an elderly woman said I will go to hell fire. I was shocked and felt wrongly judged, so I stopped going for three years.

Thankfully, I was already out of my parents’ house.”

Ariyike recalled that the elder even reported her to her father, forcing her to prove that her attire was not indecent.

Despite the ordeal, she emphasised that she remains a practising Christian and continues her faith journey outside the confines of the community church.

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Her candid revelation has sparked conversations about youth engagement in religious spaces and the balance between personal expression and church doctrines.