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

The church said it doesn’t deduct tithe from employee paychecks but does ask all employees to live out this practice.

From Seattle Times ● 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

Bobby himself had given the Church more than $60,000 from his Icelandic winnings, and ultimately his tithe would be close to $100,000.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

That includes tithes; regular donations amounting to 10% of a person’s income expected from members of the church.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 1, 2023

One in 4 of said tithes can go to a secular charity, up from 18% in a 2017 poll.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 26, 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

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

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

The most exciting reveal in the Hebrew writings was a tract, written around 200 A.D., which placed the tithed watermelons in the same category as figs, grapes, and pomegranates.

From National Geographic ● Aug. 21, 2015

Every pleasure I had was tithed by sorrow.

From A Singer from the Sea by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr

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

Lifeway Research released on Tuesday results from a September poll showing that 77% of churchgoers say tithing “is a biblical command that still applies today,” down 6 percentage points from a 2017 survey.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 26, 2023

The lawsuit says the reprimand came after she stopped tithing because she was struggling financially following a 2020 car accident.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 29, 2023

Facing financial ruin, the church's prophet and president in 1899, Lorenzo Snow, urged members to redouble their commitment to tithing.

From Salon ● Mar. 29, 2023

Rader was in charge of the $70-million-a-year windfall that the Church was bringing in, mostly from tithing its members.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady