How much money do you give to your church?

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Anonymous wrote:Those of you who tithe, do you give the full 10% to the church or do you interpret this to mean that you can give some of it to missions or any other cause you find worthy

We give most to the. church. My grandfather was a pastor until his church hit a financial bump. They cut his already meager salary in half. Clergy kids deserve to eat, too.

Really? Are the kids of the clergy going hungry now?

When the church won't pay pastors enough to feed their kids, it's definitely time to look for another job -- and maybe question their faith.

Not all pastors get paid. Some of them have faith so strong they are willing to work a full time job AND pastor a church.

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Anonymous wrote:Those of you who tithe, do you give the full 10% to the church or do you interpret this to mean that you can give some of it to missions or any other cause you find worthy

We give most to the. church. My grandfather was a pastor until his church hit a financial bump. They cut his already meager salary in half. Clergy kids deserve to eat, too.

Really? Are the kids of the clergy going hungry now?

When the church won't pay pastors enough to feed their kids, it's definitely time to look for another job -- and maybe question their faith.

I stopped tithing because I realized I was far poorer than the pastor, the class divide started to be obvious and it made me feel uncomfortable.
Then I started to research the doctrine of tithing and found this to be a 20th century invention.
The Bible does not expect tithing from women

Where does the Bible say that?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:LDS poster here again. Let me clarify. We do not pay to get into the celestial kingdom. We pay tithing as part of good deeds to help others. Something tells me you know nothing about the emergency and other services the LDS church provides to members and non-members. We were the first trucks of food, clean-up etc. on site after Hurricane Sandy, for example.

Something also tells me that you do not respect Christians, or people who are/believe differently from you.

Nope, that honor always goes to the Salvation ARmy, which is what I give to. https://newyork.salvationarmy.org/sandy/. They have the network and means to help out in disasters. The LDS take care of their own. The Salvation Army takes care of everyone.

And you are not a Christian. The LDS church is a cult. Christians believe in one omnipotent God. You believe that every LDS man on earth who has tithed and done the various priesthoods and mission will eventually become a God with his wife, making spirit babies on other planets. That is not Christianity.

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Hater. Probably right-wing.

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Anonymous wrote:Those of you who tithe, do you give the full 10% to the church or do you interpret this to mean that you can give some of it to missions or any other cause you find worthy

We give most to the. church. My grandfather was a pastor until his church hit a financial bump. They cut his already meager salary in half. Clergy kids deserve to eat, too.

Really? Are the kids of the clergy going hungry now?

When the church won't pay pastors enough to feed their kids, it's definitely time to look for another job -- and maybe question their faith.

I stopped tithing because I realized I was far poorer than the pastor, the class divide started to be obvious and it made me feel uncomfortable.
Then I started to research the doctrine of tithing and found this to be a 20th century invention.
The Bible does not expect tithing from women

Where does the Bible say that?

Well
Grain harvest was from fields owned by men, Abraham's war loot was by soldiers who were men. Priests are men, financial decisions are by men
Again and again there is the theme that the congratulation needs to take care of widows, orphans, homeless and poor. A church should not accept money from a struggling single parent, but should be there for those people

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Anonymous wrote:Those of you who tithe, do you give the full 10% to the church or do you interpret this to mean that you can give some of it to missions or any other cause you find worthy

We give most to the. church. My grandfather was a pastor until his church hit a financial bump. They cut his already meager salary in half. Clergy kids deserve to eat, too.

Really? Are the kids of the clergy going hungry now?

When the church won't pay pastors enough to feed their kids, it's definitely time to look for another job -- and maybe question their faith.

I stopped tithing because I realized I was far poorer than the pastor, the class divide started to be obvious and it made me feel uncomfortable.
Then I started to research the doctrine of tithing and found this to be a 20th century invention.
The Bible does not expect tithing from women

Where does the Bible say that?

Well
Grain harvest was from fields owned by men, Abraham's war loot was by soldiers who were men. Priests are men, financial decisions are by men
Again and again there is the theme that the congratulation needs to take care of widows, orphans, homeless and poor. A church should not accept money from a struggling single parent, but should be there for those people

OK, so you admit it's not in the bible. And "women" as you said aren't all "widows, orphans, homeless and poor". You are making this up as you go. Or you are saying that women have no position of authority in the LDS church, which is true. You can't hold the priesthoods. You can't even get into the Celestial Heaven without having married a man with a Temple recommend who has done all the ridiculous things the LDS church insists on. AND, if he remarries, he gets two or three wives in heaven (pulling them through the curtain) but you cannot. You can be sealed to only one man. Nowhere in the Bible or even in LDS tradition does it say women don't have to tithe. But there is a loophole for rich mormons. Romney doesn't tithe the full 10%

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Those of you who tithe, do you give the full 10% to the church or do you interpret this to mean that you can give some of it to missions or any other cause you find worthy

We give most to the. church. My grandfather was a pastor until his church hit a financial bump. They cut his already meager salary in half. Clergy kids deserve to eat, too.

Really? Are the kids of the clergy going hungry now?

When the church won't pay pastors enough to feed their kids, it's definitely time to look for another job -- and maybe question their faith.

I stopped tithing because I realized I was far poorer than the pastor, the class divide started to be obvious and it made me feel uncomfortable.
Then I started to research the doctrine of tithing and found this to be a 20th century invention.
The Bible does not expect tithing from women

Where does the Bible say that?

Well
Grain harvest was from fields owned by men, Abraham's war loot was by soldiers who were men. Priests are men, financial decisions are by men
Again and again there is the theme that the congratulation needs to take care of widows, orphans, homeless and poor. A church should not accept money from a struggling single parent, but should be there for those people

OK, so you admit it's not in the bible. And "women" as you said aren't all "widows, orphans, homeless and poor". You are making this up as you go. Or you are saying that women have no position of authority in the LDS church, which is true. You can't hold the priesthoods. You can't even get into the Celestial Heaven without having married a man with a Temple recommend who has done all the ridiculous things the LDS church insists on. AND, if he remarries, he gets two or three wives in heaven (pulling them through the curtain) but you cannot. You can be sealed to only one man. Nowhere in the Bible or even in LDS tradition does it say women don't have to tithe. But there is a loophole for rich mormons. Romney doesn't tithe the full 10%

Regardless of what role women play in the congregation, the tithe in Bible is a grain offering to be paid at harvest time and to be of the increase
Other amounts were an increase of the flock. If you got 9 new cows you did not need to donate a cow, only if you got 10
This was a requirement for the men
According to church history tithing only came into the church doctrine in this very last century. You certainly never tithed of an inheritance or of the increase if you sold a property, car

My advice is to let men finance it as they are the ones running it and making all financial decisions.

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Anonymous wrote:Those of you who tithe, do you give the full 10% to the church or do you interpret this to mean that you can give some of it to missions or any other cause you find worthy

We give most to the. church. My grandfather was a pastor until his church hit a financial bump. They cut his already meager salary in half. Clergy kids deserve to eat, too.

Really? Are the kids of the clergy going hungry now?

When the church won't pay pastors enough to feed their kids, it's definitely time to look for another job -- and maybe question their faith.

I stopped tithing because I realized I was far poorer than the pastor, the class divide started to be obvious and it made me feel uncomfortable.
Then I started to research the doctrine of tithing and found this to be a 20th century invention.
The Bible does not expect tithing from women

Where does the Bible say that?

Well
Grain harvest was from fields owned by men, Abraham's war loot was by soldiers who were men. Priests are men, financial decisions are by men
Again and again there is the theme that the congratulation needs to take care of widows, orphans, homeless and poor. A church should not accept money from a struggling single parent, but should be there for those people

OK, so you admit it's not in the bible. And "women" as you said aren't all "widows, orphans, homeless and poor". You are making this up as you go. Or you are saying that women have no position of authority in the LDS church, which is true. You can't hold the priesthoods. You can't even get into the Celestial Heaven without having married a man with a Temple recommend who has done all the ridiculous things the LDS church insists on. AND, if he remarries, he gets two or three wives in heaven (pulling them through the curtain) but you cannot. You can be sealed to only one man. Nowhere in the Bible or even in LDS tradition does it say women don't have to tithe. But there is a loophole for rich mormons. Romney doesn't tithe the full 10%

Regardless of what role women play in the congregation, the tithe in Bible is a grain offering to be paid at harvest time and to be of the increase
Other amounts were an increase of the flock. If you got 9 new cows you did not need to donate a cow, only if you got 10
This was a requirement for the men
According to church history tithing only came into the church doctrine in this very last century. You certainly never tithed of an inheritance or of the increase if you sold a property, car

My advice is to let men finance it as they are the ones running it and making all financial decisions.

Hmmm, in my denomination (not strictly Christian although there are Christians among us), there are more women in authority than men. However, we don't have tithing 10% either. We do need to donate to keep the congregation and denomination afloat and make sure it thrives so we donate.

[Anonymous]

Maybe $200 a year

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$3k per year to my synagogue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Those of you who tithe, do you give the full 10% to the church or do you interpret this to mean that you can give some of it to missions or any other cause you find worthy

We give most to the. church. My grandfather was a pastor until his church hit a financial bump. They cut his already meager salary in half. Clergy kids deserve to eat, too.

Really? Are the kids of the clergy going hungry now?

No. In the 1950s. The main pastor kept his salary intact. Grandfather joined a better church, and pursued a different, related profession. Just because someone says they are Christian, doesn’t mean the faith changes their heart. It was a very sad situation.

Doesn’t sound like there was a lot of godliness there. I’m glad your grandpa found a better place.

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Episcopalian here. I pledge $2500 and give around $3000-$3200 annually. I serve on my church's Stewardship team and see pledge amounts but not names. I'm right in the middle of the pack pledge-wise.

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Anonymous wrote:Our church (LDS) mandates 10% gross income in order to be considered temple-worthy. We cannot enter the celestial kingdom (highest level of heaven) without doing so. We would not want to be separated from the other members of our family, including our children.

This is all after you're dead, right?[/quote]



Hahah! Of course! We all want to stay together as a family in the afterlife.

So, what if some other religion decides to baptize you in their religion after you're dead. What happens in the celestial kingdom at that point?

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Anonymous wrote:Our church (LDS) mandates 10% gross income in order to be considered temple-worthy. We cannot enter the celestial kingdom (highest level of heaven) without doing so. We would not want to be separated from the other members of our family, including our children.

This is all after you're dead, right?[/quote]



Hahah! Of course! We all want to stay together as a family in the afterlife.

So, what if some other religion decides to baptize you in their religion after you're dead. What happens in the celestial kingdom at that point?

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Anonymous wrote:Episcopalian here. I pledge $2500 and give around $3000-$3200 annually. I serve on my church's Stewardship team and see pledge amounts but not names. I'm right in the middle of the pack pledge-wise.

I appreciate the work that the stewardship committee does, but at our Episcopal church, the emphasis on stewardship, even in the liturgy, is getting pretty heavy-handed.