tithe

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Dwumfour said in a 2017 sermon posted online, extolling a central tenet of the prosperity gospel theology: that good things come to those who tithe.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 27, 2023

About 19% said they regularly give less than a full tithe, 22% said they are inconsistent in their giving and 9% said their finances make it difficult for them to give.

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

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