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If the church says that tithing must be paid to the church, is it okay to divide it up as one sees fit on the tithing slip, like 80% to humanitarian and 20% to the missionary fund and nothing to the “general tithing” fund? Would that still count? I think not as far as your bishop or the church in general is concerned. Tithing is tithing, those other things are considered “extra.” However, that doesn’t prevent you from doing what you think is right – in the end tithing is really between you and God. I would note that the tithing slips now have a phrase at the bottom that says the money will be used as the church sees fit. So mark it where you want. As long as we are talking about unusual tithing payments, You may also give to charities and other non-profits and call it tithing. The Bishop and the church likely will not accept this definition as tithing but there is no requirement to spell out how you figure your “full tithe” payer status.
Just a thought.
No, it will not be accepted as tithing by the Church, and it shouldn’t be. They have specific uses for tithing and other uses for different donations. To them, tithing is tithing; fast offerings are fast offerings; humanitarian aid is humanitarian aid. Again, organizationally, it almost has to be that way. Having said that, how you tithe is up to you. Just don’t expect anyone else to understand or accept it as tithing if you classify it as something else – and don’t get upset if your Bishop won’t give you a temp,e recommend, for example, if you do it the way you asked in the post.
Golly, I REALLY wish taxes were like this! I would take it up with your Bishop, but technically I’d say no; at least not to be considered a full-tithe payer during tithing settlement. Old Timer wrote:No, it will not be accepted as tithing by the Church, and it shouldn’t be. They have specific uses for tithing and other uses for different donations. To them, tithing is tithing; fast offerings are fast offerings; humanitarian aid is humanitarian aid. Again, organizationally, it almost has to be that way.
Yes, tithing is tithing, except when the church decides it’s not. See the disclaimer at the bottom of your donation slip. They (the church) can spend it any way they want. They want to move your fast offering to humanitarian aid, they can do it at their discretion. They can have it their way, you cannot.
Sheldon, two things: 1) They have the disclaimer specifically so nobody feels like they have a say in how the money is used. Unfortunately, they have had to add it due to threatened lawsuits. Frankly, once the money is donated, how it is controlled is out of the donors hands.
2) I know a couple of people who have been involved in various budget issues in the Church. They spend tithing money on tithing purposes, missionary money on missionary purposes, etc. I would expect them to spend fast offering money on humanitarian aid, if they choose to do so, since fast offerings are donated explicitly to help people in need of assistance – and non-members have been receiving fast offering assistance for a long time.
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