Should Christians Give All of the Tithe to Local Church?
Christians often ask if they should give all of their tithe to the local church, or if they can give a portion of it to a ministry. To help find the answer, a Christian minister quotes preacher John Piper on his blog this weekend.
Chris Willard, director of generosity development at Leadership Network, takes up the issue of tithing on his personal blog, providing the transcript of a message by Piper, who served as pastor at Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, Minn., for over three decades.
"There's no clear biblical mandate that your generosity has to be in a certain proportion to your church and to other ministries," Willard, who served with Campus Crusade for Christ for more than 25 years, quoted Piper as saying in a message on April 14, 2008....
Dr. Alan Cairns | 9/21/2009
