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

To this day, Latter-day Saints are expected to meet with local bishops every year and state that they have paid a full tithe.

From Salon ● Mar. 29, 2023

"I remember one time at the church a lady said: 'I have been paying my tithe, and it seems like I still don't have enough money at the end of the month.'"

From BBC ● Mar. 11, 2023

Every year at around this time the monks came down from their mountainside temple to collect their tithe of rice.

From "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park

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

He tithed himself a tenth, then a third, then a half, and at length used up his fortune in noble service.

From The Investment of Influence A Study of Social Sympathy and Service by Newell Dwight Hillis

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

By the time Caviezel interrupts the end credits to comfort the audience and pass the tithing plate, even I felt primed to chip in for his earnestness.

From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2023

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

I said, “Yes, ma’am! I’d’ve had you two of ’em, but I had to do some tithing and got jacklegged.”

From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis