Why I Don’t Believe in Tithing

Posted by Berni Dymet on Aug 5, 2012 in Blessing, Controversies, Discipleship, Service | 47 comments

When I told people at my church that this Sunday, I was going to preach a message called “Why I Don’t Believe in Tithing” – well, you can imagine!  A few people were a bit twitchy about that.

But the long and the short of it is that I don’t believe in tithing. At least not the sort of tithing that much of the church teaches us about.  Here’s why: