tithe

“Believing God wants you to tithe and doing it are two different things,” Mr. McConnell said.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 26, 2023

People produced what they were going to consume, and surplus went to the lord or the church as a mandatory tax, usually 10 percent, called the tithe.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023

To this day, Latter-day Saints are expected to meet with local bishops every year and state that they have paid a full tithe.

From Salon ● Mar. 29, 2023

She says both congregants and local pastors at her former church were expected to give a "tithe" of 10% of their monthly income to finance the church and its leadership in Nigeria.

From BBC ● Mar. 11, 2023

‘If you’re right in your reckoning, we haven’t dealt with a tithe of them yet. But it’s dark now. I think the next stroke must wait until morning. Then we must call on the Chief.’

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien

Churchome is primarily supported by membership tithes and offerings, according to a 2021-2022 financial report.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 29, 2023

Leaders would sometimes demand to see members’ pay stubs and sit on members’ porches until they arrived home to collect their tithes before Sunday evening was over, the suits allege.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2023

Church leaders had anticipated that: outside the auditorium were rows of card machines, and inside, bank numbers flashed on a giant screen so worshipers could transfer their tithes instead.

From New York Times ● Feb. 22, 2023

Vaðmál could be used to pay taxes and tithes, but it could also be traded or sold for making clothes and other necessities.

From Scientific American ● Sep. 15, 2022

Why, others asked, should all their tithes go to helping strangers, to the extent of building a room to feed them supper?

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario

On top of retirement, they also saved 10% of their take-home income for emergencies and future expenses, and tithed an additional 10% to their church.

From MarketWatch ● May 15, 2026

“The parish treasurer was really excited because I tithed my winnings, so that was a nice plus for the bottom line of the parish,” Sibley says.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 5, 2024

It’s difficult to figure out the percentages in Puerto Rico, although most people are tithed, so to speak, to the United States.

From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2017

People drove up at sundown, tithed by purchasing a ticket and “worshiped” collectively in front of the huge outdoor screen.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2016

Now the excellence of Christ's over the Levitical priesthood was foreshadowed in the priesthood of Melchisedech, who received tithes from Abraham, in whose loins the priesthood of the Law was tithed.

From Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Saint Thomas Aquinas

Televangelists such as Jimmy Swaggart, Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker, and Kenneth Copeland were preaching fire and brimstone and the importance of tithing.

From Slate ● Feb. 21, 2025

The church has filed for a rehearing in the appeals court, saying the church president had explained the project would be paid for through investment earnings and not tithing funds.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 1, 2023

“This was during an era in which everyone was expected to have their tithing donations also include time, and not just financial resources.”

From Washington Times ● Sep. 7, 2023

Decades of membership growth, tithing donations and lucrative investments resulted in the modern church's massive accumulation of wealth.

From Salon ● Mar. 29, 2023

I said, “Yes, ma’am! I’d’ve had you two of ’em, but I had to do some tithing and got jacklegged.”

From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis