Flaming... the easiest way to meet in the middle between the "tithers" and the "nontithers" would be to admit that the 10% is a good measuring stick for giving, but it is not a mandated "give or else" doctrine.
Tithing is not mentioned in the doctrinal foundations given to us in
Hebrews 6:1, but you would think it was by the amount of time spent on teaching it in most churches. More valuable time should be spent on teaching how giving involves much more than just dollars and cents. Giving of your time, in most cases, is far more costly, and sacrificial than giving of the almighty dollar. Visiting prisons, nursing homes, the elderly, sick, handicapped, helping out a neighbor, volunteering in soup kitchens etc. ... these are just a few things that are part of living out a giving concept and a lifestyle that doesn't always have to involve a dollar bill.