Confidentiality of Tithes

[Steve Epley]

Originally Posted by shag

IMO, theres No reason a pastor alone should receive 10% of everybody else's annual income anyway, if we are to follow scripture, as "the ministry"(the term SOME pastors like to use)is NOT just pastors(mentioned one time in the NT bible, and zero times in the singular -NT KJV), but is teachers, evangelists etc. And if one attempts to make a case from the OT, they cannot do so without stealing from the poor and fatherless, and folks that minister in the body of Christ like evangelists , teachers etc.,as NT "priesthood" goes beyond the role of just a elder/pastor.

If w'd stick with scripture(not twisted), then elders/pastors likely wouldn't have any problem letting the people of God know exactly where there money is going.


What's wrong with paid salaries to each or ALL that minister in and to the body, IF the body decides they want to give toward that? And disclose all figures to who and where it goes?





I appreciate the fact that U said you'd atleast disclose it to the tithers if they asked individually, Bro. Epley, that is more than some would do no doubt.

What the majority of saints do not understand because pastors are not tooting their own horns the tithing is shared by the pastors to the other facets of the ministry. If the majority of evangelist only recieved what came in the offering for them there would be no evangelists they could not operate. The pastor out of the tithe makes up the difference. If missionaries recieved ONLY offerings taken for them many missionaries would have to come home again Pastors out of the tithe keep them in their field of labor. Men who are starting home missions are supported mainly by Pastors who out of the tithe help sustain new works. The average Pastor's tithing account is NOT like the Dead Sea where it is all intake and no outgo. THEN most pastors out of the tithe are the biggest by far contributor to the local assembly in maintaining the church property and functions.