Ghanaian musician Mzbel has opened up about the real reasons behind her decision to stop attending church, revealing how a clash over her creative talents and beliefs led her to embrace a spiritual journey focused on meditation and self-discovery.
Speaking on Hitz FM’s Afternoon Ride with Andy Dosty, the musician described her current path as one she now fully understands and accepts.
“This is my path—a path that I’m supposed to follow, now that I have come to the realisation,” she said.
Mzbel explained that the turning point came after she stopped going to church and began exploring deeper questions about life and purpose.
“It started when I left church and began doing research about life, about this world, and what we are supposed to do,” she said.
Her church background was rooted in the Church of Pentecost, where she was an active member. But tensions began to emerge as her natural talents started to shine at the Jamestown Assembly.
The musician revealed she had a gift for choreographing dance to gospel music, a skill she used to teach children. What began as a way to nurture young talent and worship creatively eventually became a source of conflict.
“They said what I was doing was not right and that it was going to ‘mess up’ the Sunday school kids,” she recounted.
Despite her intentions to inspire and guide children through music and dance, church leadership reportedly disapproved of the “foreign gospel music” and expressive dance styles she introduced. Feeling discouraged and misunderstood, Mzbel decided to step away.
“Something happened in the church that I was uncomfortable with, and I quit,” she said.
She added that after her departure, some elders from the church reached out, seeking to understand why she had stopped attending, but by then her spiritual path had already shifted.
