S/O: If you don't tithe, how much do you put in the collection basket?
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Anonymous
| $35/week. |
Anonymous
| $4500 a yr. |
Anonymous
| $75/week pledge, $0-$20 loose cash in the plate. Then maybe $25-$75 a month on things like food drives, etc. I end up chipping in maybe 4-5% of HHI. |
Anonymous
| $1 for each kid to put in the basket. Yes. We're cheap and I ambivalent about the Catholic Church which I've been raised in. Kids feel special. And I exercise my passive aggression harming no one. |
Anonymous
| $15 a week (catholic) we give a little more at Christmas |
Anonymous
| I am Jewish and a litttle confused. We belong to a synagogue and pay to be a member. Do you not pay membership to belong to a church? |
Anonymous
I belong to a gym and was about to ask the same. |
Anonymous
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Like many Catholic and mainline Protestant churches, my church (St. Columba's Episcopal Church in Tenleytown) has no requirement that you pledge or contribute to be a member. In fact, you don't even need to be a "member", you can just show up every Sunday for years on end.
We have an annual campaign to get people to pledge for the next year, they track your pledges if you pay by check or use envelopes and they send you a tax notice after the year. But many people don't participate in the pledging even if they are on the rolls as members. |
Anonymous
| One dollar in the basket, if we go to church. I'm Catholic and I have never felt like I need to give money or belong "officially" to a parish. I do donate several thousand dollars a year to the Jesuit high school and college I attended. I feel like the Jesuits are more worthy, because I am a skeptical Catholic at heart. |
Anonymous
I can't speak for all but I'm a Lutheran and no, you don't pay. Christianity purports to be a religion for the poor and downtrodden. It would be antithetical to the beliefs of the Christian church to only allow members who can pay to worship. Tithing/donating to the collection plate is welcome and preferred, but you're never going to be kicked out if you can't. Many church members actually receive charity from their home churches. If they need a car, a pastor might help them locate a cheap or free vehicle. If they need food, they can come to the church and get some money for food. |
Anonymous
| $6,000 a year. |
Anonymous
Not in the USA. In Germany and several European countries, you might pay a church tax which is either a flat 1-1.5% tax, or an extra 8-9% of your already-there tax bill. If you don't pay church tax, you don't get preferred seating for C&E, can't get a church wedding, etc. Some countries like Finland, you are born a member of the church and have to actively drop out from membership. In Iceland and Italy they have it set up so you can pay the tax to your church, or to the state. FWIW, the congregation in Leesburg (Conservative) comes out to $50 a week between regular dues and building dues, the Reform synagogue comes out to $55 a week. Not sure if that's higher in MD/DC or if there's never-ending pleas for more money for this, that, or the other. Shul would be extra on top of that as well, the Reform synagogue charges $250-$750/kid depending on age. |
Anonymous
NO!! And nether do you need "tickets" to attend on holidays. My DH is Jewish and I think the tickets thing is nuts. |
Anonymous
| $6k a year paid quarterly. It takes quite a bit to maintain a church community and pay the staff. |
Anonymous
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Nothing because I do not wish to pay for abuse lawsuits. I love being Catholic because that is what's in my heart. But they need to get their house in order, and soon.
God said to St. Francis "My house is in disrepair; I need for you to get it in order." I see Pope Francis as the man to do this, or at least I hope so. And no, I don't give a fig toward what others call "bigoted" beliefs. It's the Catholic Church -- if you want gay marriage you're going to have to look elsewhere. |