As a leader in my local church New Life Bible Church, Bethnal Green, London, i have the opportunity to teach in the adult Sunday School several weeks every year. In the last three weeks i have been introducing the 10-10-80 Plan for financial stability to the congregation. The topic last Sunday was on Tithing and as if on-cue the ‘age-old’ question came up – Should we tithe on gross income or on the net? There was no shortage of contributions from both the ‘gross’ and ‘net’ groups.
In the end, the giving of the tithe is left to the individual as s/he is convinced; that is as long as s/he knows and acknowldges God as the owner of everything and that we are just stewards of His resources.
In the UK, many of our deductions as paid back through other means on which we can pay tithe, thus most pay on the ‘net’. In the US, most pay on gross as it is deductable.
I can say, by the way, that there is a difference between income and increase (Proverbs 3:9). All that comes to you hands; be it net income, interest, bonus, benefits etc ;are all increase to you so pay the tithe on them – as they come.
What do you think?
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