What % of church goers tithe?
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yes. no return, year after year. it went on for decades. i kept the faith & remained tithing & more years later, my bank account was pretty low!!! i stopped tithing & gave as i saw fit. now this is in addition to giving lots of money away to charities, various organizations, alms, & even more. plus, old items & antique articles to people!!! it seemed like the Holy Spirit was telling me: "no, you don't have to tithe 10%, that's old testament"! after that era, everything was & is fine!!!
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The Lord loves the cheerful giver, if you’re giving, and it’s becoming to you a burden and you feel it in your heart then yes I would’ve definitely agree. I would think that the Lord would prefer you to give an offering that you’re happy to give versus to give more and not be happy with that offering.
Personally, I don't "Tithe" in the legalistic sense. We (my family) customarily does about 8.5-9% of our GROSS every month specifically to the Church corporation we're members of, but since 'tithing" IS NOT A BIBLICAL IMPERATIVE for New Testament Christians, we don't hold ourselves to that "Standard".
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What is a reasonable amount for a Christian to commit to the church that he/she attends? For me it is 10%. For most of our church members it's between 5 and 10%.
What I find interesting is that many of our youths are employed part time, and every one of them give at least 10% of their wages.
What I find interesting is that many of our youths are employed part time, and every one of them give at least 10% of their wages.
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Time. And that can be in a variety of ways. Feeding the homeless. Visiting or donating to people in need or struggling. Even volunteering at church.
My old church used to not pay people for anything, besides professional workers hired for certain things. But they didn't hire cleaning crews, people volunteered to keep the place clean. Some may simply vacuum the sanctuary. Others the kitchen. Watching the young kids during service.
Even if they held an event, such as something outdoors and needed things built, that was usually people volunteering, some of which were professionals.
And done without guilt or pressure. They simply asked and people were happy to volunteer.
And the few people hired to work there often were responsible for helping as well. They also only had 3 paid employees, if I recall correctly. Pastor, youth pastor and music leader. And they went many years before hiring someone for music.
And this wasn't a huge church, nor was it small. It was a good size.
Sometimes one on one helping people works also. Some people have a knack for that.
Seems the best way to serve is find out what you're skilled and care about and search out a way to put those together and utilize them that way.
My old church used to not pay people for anything, besides professional workers hired for certain things. But they didn't hire cleaning crews, people volunteered to keep the place clean. Some may simply vacuum the sanctuary. Others the kitchen. Watching the young kids during service.
Even if they held an event, such as something outdoors and needed things built, that was usually people volunteering, some of which were professionals.
And done without guilt or pressure. They simply asked and people were happy to volunteer.
And the few people hired to work there often were responsible for helping as well. They also only had 3 paid employees, if I recall correctly. Pastor, youth pastor and music leader. And they went many years before hiring someone for music.
And this wasn't a huge church, nor was it small. It was a good size.
Sometimes one on one helping people works also. Some people have a knack for that.
Seems the best way to serve is find out what you're skilled and care about and search out a way to put those together and utilize them that way.
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Hopefully that gave or lead you to new ideas.
As a teen I had discovered a group that did street witnessing. And they didn't go just anywhere. They mostly went into cracktown, on Friday nights. I did this for about a year at 15.
But as the church volunteers exhibited it doesn't have to be a huge thing or public. There are always needs big or small, public or private.
Prison ministry is also a thing. Addicts or recovering addicts. Really if you can think of it there's a need and an opportunity to serve.
As a teen I had discovered a group that did street witnessing. And they didn't go just anywhere. They mostly went into cracktown, on Friday nights. I did this for about a year at 15.
But as the church volunteers exhibited it doesn't have to be a huge thing or public. There are always needs big or small, public or private.
Prison ministry is also a thing. Addicts or recovering addicts. Really if you can think of it there's a need and an opportunity to serve.
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