Timeline for What happens when a Protestant doesn't tithe?
Current License: CC BY-SA 3.0
6 events
| when toggle format | what | by | license | comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 2013 at 18:46 | comment | added | user3961 | @MasonW This is similar to some churches I have been to. They send an annual report to you, usually by mail and for tax purposes. This way you describe seems more formal. | |
| Feb 22, 2013 at 19:54 | comment | added | Mason Wheeler♦ | @AffableGeek: Yeah, what you heard about was most likely a confused account of tithing settlement. I would link you to the Encyclopedia of Mormonism article on it, but they don't seem to have one. :( Basically, members sign up to meet with the Bishop at the end of the year. The Bishop gives them a record of their tithes for that year, and the members can compare it against their records, and if they find that they came up short they give the Bishop a check to make up the difference. But if they tell the Bishop "this looks right to me," that's the end of it. It's all on the honor system. | |
| Feb 22, 2013 at 16:20 | comment | added | Affable Geek | Thank you - that's why I added this as a comment rather than an answer. I'm always happy to be corrected when I'm wrong. | |
| Feb 22, 2013 at 16:08 | comment | added | Mason Wheeler♦ | @AffableGeek: Do you have any sources for that? Mormons can have a voluntary meeting at the end of the year with their bishop to ensure that the records are accurate and all the numbers add up--it's known as "tithing settlement"--but I've never heard of someone being subjected to an audit to verify their tithing. | |
| Feb 22, 2013 at 13:17 | comment | added | Affable Geek | Mormons are, I believe, audited sometimes to verify their tithes - but yes most Protestants are doing it because it is right, not because they are forced to. | |
| Feb 22, 2013 at 12:32 | history | answered | David Morton | CC BY-SA 3.0 |