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Tithing is generally understood as setting aside 10% of one’s income to be given to one’s local church as an act of worship ...

The desire to tithe is the same as the desire to go to church every Sunday, pray when someone needs it and give thanks to God when you’re grateful. For many Christians, tithing is less of an ...

Tithing -- the response to the biblical exhortation of returning to God 10% of his gifts -- may be common in some denominations, but in most American churches it remains a rare practice. Researchers ...

The Israelites were never subject to withholding upward of 15 percent. My husband and I were newly Christian and in seminary when a friend told us about tithing. She stressed the importance of giving ...

One of the unfortunate effects of human sin and of the weird and fractured borderline between the sacred and the secular in postmodern culture is that the word "tithe" provokes reactions ranging from ...

My wife and I have always attended church, and we have always tithed. Over the last few months, we have come to the decision it is time for us to find a place to worship that is a little more involved ...

Dana Johnson has been down on her luck, homeless on and off the past two years. In September, she spent most of the month living at Jessie's Place, a women's shelter in downtown Birmingham. Jessie's ...

It’s time for a national tithe. Tithing is the idea that you regularly give a small percentage of your income to help those in need and to provide for the good of the community. It is based on the ...

The churches of the U.S. last year received about $4 billion in donations. If the 112 million Americans who claim a religious affiliation had given one-tenth—the traditional tithe—of their personal ...