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Originally Answered: Can giving 10% of your paycheck to a Christian charity be considered tithing? absolutely. There is no need to tithe to a certain church. The tithe is a gift to God.

No, you cannot. Tithing is an act of giving one-tenth of our produce, profit, or wage to the House of God (Church). According to Malachi 3:10a - Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house.

The church generally has a system of dispersing charitable donations to those most in need. That said, a person has every right to do with their hard-earned money what they want to do. However, giving directly to the poor and needy doesn't count as a tithe.

So yes, tithe on Net, and tithe on any tax return. Essentially my rule is if anything hits my checking account it get's tithed. Here's another way to look at it. Someone who has an investment that makes gains throughout the year generally doesn't pay tithing on that unless they withdraw it as income.

Less than 10% of Christian church-going Americans give 10% or more of their income to Christian and charitable causes. Those who do tithe tend to be in better financial shape than those who don't.

Tithing requires members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to pay one-tenth of their income to the church. ... Steven Harper, a former BYU professor who now works at the LDS Church History Department, said tithing was originally based on net worth - not income.

To insist that the tithe belongs to the house of God, or the storehouse, referring to a church building or organization, is to be tithing like Moses commanded. That type is under the law. ... To this I answer that you cannot pay God off at any point, whether you take it to church or give it to someone.

Tithing, which is defined as giving ten percent of your first fruits (which in our day most interpret to mean income, either gross or net), is a Biblical mandate, or at least an essential Biblical principle, that was instituted in the Old Testament (OT) and never repudiated in the New Testament (NT).

The Bible teaches that whether we're tithing on grain, flocks, or financial resources, the first and best portion is reserved for the Lord. ... By tithing on our gross income, God receives the first-fruits, and that is the portion that He has called us to return.