American-based Ghanaian filmmaker and director Leila Jewel Djansi has asserted that the false doctrine of God's grace is keeping Christians in bondage instead of setting them free.

In her Facebook post shared on May 20, Leila stated that modern churches are using the idea of "grace" to control believers instead of empowering them.

She wishes God could take action on manipulators of his "grace" like he did in the days of old when there was no "grace."

“I dunno why God is not performing Old Testament gymnastics and has brought this grace that is being used to keep his children in bondage through spiritual blackmail."

“Very soon, we’ll stay home, read our Bibles, and take our tithes straight to hospitals and orphanages where they might actually do God’s work,” she added.

Leila Djansi further made a mockery of the fact that while pastors enjoy salaries, gifts, and luxuries like houses and cars, ordinary church workers are expected to await their reward in heaven.

“So, the church expects its workers to receive their reward in heaven while the pastor receives his reward here on earth; Salary, gifts, the pastor's appreciation with houses and cars. The mother of all scams,” she wrote.

In March this year, Leila commented on the movie industry and some of the scary encounters while on set.

She recounted a shocking incident where actor-turned-politician John Dumelo was nearly stabbed with a real knife during a movie shoot.

In a Facebook post on March 2, 2025, Djansi criticized the Ghanaian film industry, calling it a “mirthless joke” and highlighting instances of unprofessionalism she encountered while working in Ghana. Among the incidents she shared was a near-fatal accident involving Dumelo and Hollywood actress Vanessa Williams.

“Should I talk about the production designer who passed a real knife to an actor for a stabbing scene? My God. If it wasn’t for divine intervention, Vanessa Williams would have stabbed John Dumelo with a real knife that day. How is this not a joke?” she wrote.

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