Anonymous
11/29/2025 11:50
Subject: How much do you give at church?
Anonymous wrote:Our church just released how many families donate how much per week (no names, data collected in bands) and I was shocked in a bad way to discover that our family is in the top quartile of the parish in terms of donation and that about half our families don't donate at all. I don't think we are in the top quartile by income.
I had this same reaction when I sat on the finance committee. I make less than most and give more than most. And we have a very expensive historic building to maintain as well as amazing children's programming, music program, etc., etc. This stuff doesn't pay for itself.
Anonymous
11/29/2025 11:48
Subject: How much do you give at church?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Not all churches stress tithing.
Don't feel pressured.
Decide what the church attendance means to you and what portion of your charitable budget you want to allocate.
$20 is $1000 a year. That's not insubstantial.
Yes, it is, for a family that has an income of 160k per year. Many people in the DMV who have incomes of less than that spend that much on Starbucks.
For a casual churchgoer it's plenty. If the family commits to the community then they can pledge. I note that listing pledge amounts is gentle extortion btw. I give all our charitable contributions to be listed anonymously. Plus our HHI is about $250-300K and we give about 1% to charity. We are cheapasses in life leaving our estate to charity.
I can see why you do so anonymously. To say your are "cheapasses" is putting it lightly.
Yeah but we don't go to churches, use their schools or social functions or listen to those organs thst cost so much to maintain. We mail some checks off to bird sanctuaries, coral preservation groups, medical research. And cat shelters.
Then why are you cluttering this thread?
Anonymous
11/29/2025 11:29
Subject: How much do you give at church?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:We give 10% to God. Half of that goes directly to our church and half goes to other charities. We like Compassion and DonorSee, but we occasionally also help a friend.
You give 10% to God? Doesn't sound like it -- sounds like you give to your church and other charities.
Since when does God need money?
Why does God need a spaceship?π
I don't know, Why?
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier π½
I think I get it - because no one's ever really been to heaven. and you'd need a spaceship to get there, if it even existed.
Way back when heaven was invented, humans didn't know what was beyond death - that you couldn't even breathe up there, out of the Earth's atmosphere. They didn't even know that the earth had atmosphere! Now we know all the stuff, but some people still believe in heaven.
I used to believe in heaven as a kid, and I knew all about outer space. I just hadn't figured it out yet. People are gullible and clergy needed people to believe in order to keep their jobs.
Its just a line from the movie...
Anonymous
11/29/2025 08:11
Subject: How much do you give at church?
The Bible quote so youβre suppose to give one tenth (10%) of your income back to God
Not going down that road with you lovely folks this morning
But I give $25-50 when we go, about $100 Easter, Christmas, new years.
I was raised in a household where my father actively tithes $100+.
I grew up in an active church, so thereβs other ways to give such as through ministry.
I do think itβs important to tithe to a church you believe in their mission.
Not going down that road with you lovely folks this morning
But I give $25-50 when we go, about $100 Easter, Christmas, new years.
I was raised in a household where my father actively tithes $100+.
I grew up in an active church, so thereβs other ways to give such as through ministry.
I do think itβs important to tithe to a church you believe in their mission.
Anonymous
11/29/2025 07:52
Subject: How much do you give at church?
Anonymous wrote:We give 10% to God. Half of that goes directly to our church and half goes to other charities. We like Compassion and DonorSee, but we occasionally also help a friend.
To "god" no you don't give to "god" you give to humans to indoctrinate and spend on themselves.
If god were involved the Catholic Church, Morman Church would not have billions of $ just sitting around. Same with Mega Churches..
Anonymous
11/29/2025 07:50
Subject: How much do you give at church?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:We give 10% to God. Half of that goes directly to our church and half goes to other charities. We like Compassion and DonorSee, but we occasionally also help a friend.
You give 10% to God? Doesn't sound like it -- sounds like you give to your church and other charities.
Since when does God need money?
Why does God need a spaceship?π
I don't know, Why?
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier π½
I think I get it - because no one's ever really been to heaven. and you'd need a spaceship to get there, if it even existed.
Way back when heaven was invented, humans didn't know what was beyond death - that you couldn't even breathe up there, out of the Earth's atmosphere. They didn't even know that the earth had atmosphere! Now we know all the stuff, but some people still believe in heaven.
I used to believe in heaven as a kid, and I knew all about outer space. I just hadn't figured it out yet. People are gullible and clergy needed people to believe in order to keep their jobs.
Anonymous
11/28/2025 22:36
Subject: How much do you give at church?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:We give 10% to God. Half of that goes directly to our church and half goes to other charities. We like Compassion and DonorSee, but we occasionally also help a friend.
You give 10% to God? Doesn't sound like it -- sounds like you give to your church and other charities.
Since when does God need money?
Why does God need a spaceship?π
I don't know, Why?
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier π½
Anonymous
11/28/2025 21:59
Subject: How much do you give at church?
Anonymous wrote:My partner and I are in our 40s. We live together but are not married. Combined we make about $160,000 per year pre-tax. We live in a VHCOL area and do not own a house. I have kids from a previous marriage. I have decent savings and retirement but he does not.
I started attending a local church with my kids.
How much is standard to give? Per week, per year? Right now I give cash, maybe $20 every time we go.
We give 10% of our pre-tax income (minus retirement contributions). It's a lot.
Anonymous
11/28/2025 20:04
Subject: How much do you give at church?
Nothing
Anonymous
11/28/2025 20:03
Subject: How much do you give at church?
Anonymous wrote:Not all churches stress tithing.
Don't feel pressured.
Decide what the church attendance means to you and what portion of your charitable budget you want to allocate.
$20 is $1000 a year. That's not insubstantial.
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Anonymous
11/28/2025 19:54
Subject: How much do you give at church?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:We give 10% to God. Half of that goes directly to our church and half goes to other charities. We like Compassion and DonorSee, but we occasionally also help a friend.
You give 10% to God? Doesn't sound like it -- sounds like you give to your church and other charities.
Since when does God need money?
Why does God need a spaceship?π
I don't know, Why?
Anonymous
11/28/2025 11:53
Subject: How much do you give at church?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:We give 10% to God. Half of that goes directly to our church and half goes to other charities. We like Compassion and DonorSee, but we occasionally also help a friend.
You give 10% to God? Doesn't sound like it -- sounds like you give to your church and other charities.
Since when does God need money?
Why does God need a spaceship?π
Anonymous
11/28/2025 06:49
Subject: How much do you give at church?
Anonymous wrote:We give 10% to God. Half of that goes directly to our church and half goes to other charities. We like Compassion and DonorSee, but we occasionally also help a friend.
You give 10% to God? Doesn't sound like it -- sounds like you give to your church and other charities.
Since when does God need money?
Anonymous
11/28/2025 06:47
Subject: How much do you give at church?
We give $10,000 a year in a one time lump sum, then $20 in the plate each time we attend.
Anonymous
11/28/2025 06:34
Subject: How much do you give at church?
We give 10% to God. Half of that goes directly to our church and half goes to other charities. We like Compassion and DonorSee, but we occasionally also help a friend.