5% Mandatory Offering Required on top of 10% Tithe

[CrankyYankee]

Anyone have a copy or link to Daniel Segraves' article? I am curious.

[pelathais]

Originally Posted by CrankyYankee

Anyone have a copy or link to Daniel Segraves' article? I am curious.

I remember it very distinctly because I was brought into a pulpit to "share" this idea and I refused to go along. One person shouted me down from the congregation because "... That's not what Bro. ... preaches!"

The Brother in question was a local district official who promoted the "Half Shekel" teaching otherwisee known as "Tithe + Five."

The Seagraves article came out the very next week and I brought it with me into the pulpit the following Sunday. It seemed to be too much of a "coincidence" to ignore. I wouldn't be fired for about another year or so as I recollect. To my knowledge, there is no publicly available archive of The Forward since it's intended to be "ministers only."

[*AQuietPlace*]

Originally Posted by pelathais

I remember it very distinctly because I was brought into a pulpit to "share" this idea and I refused to go along. One person shouted me down from the congregation because "... That's not what Bro. ... preaches!"

You must have gone to an interesting church.

[Steve Epley]

I repent I said I wasn't going to post but here goes.

The man this originated with preached several messages he made up from whole cloth. He was on the circuit preaching this and then others copied and followed. It spread like wildfire.

There is NOT ONE IOTA of Bible for this absurd 1/2 shekel teaching.

M.L. Walls of the ALJC wrote an article in the Witness concerning this false teaching. He call it extortion in the Name of the Lord.

[RevDWW]

Originally Posted by Steve Epley

I repent I said I wasn't going to post but here goes.

The man this originated with preached several messages he made up from whole cloth. He was on the circuit preaching this and then others copied and followed. It spread like wildfire.

There is NOT ONE IOTA of Bible for this absurd 1/2 shekel teaching.

M.L. Walls of the ALJC wrote an article in the Witness concerning this false teaching. He call it extortion in the Name of the Lord.

Is this the same as "the Temple Tax" that was going around several years ago?

[Steve Epley]

Originally Posted by RevDWW

Is this the same as "the Temple Tax" that was going around several years ago?

Yes.