How do you figure out offerings at Church

My church encourages the 10% tithe but they don't push it - they encourage everyone to give from the heart and what they 'feel' they can give. Sometimes there is a special offering collected such as last year when the church took on the task of working together with Habitate for Humanity and the church fully funded and physically helped with the building of a home for a needy family. It was a wonderful thing because everyone could help - those who didn't have 'extra money' could still volunteer to help with the home. That's one of the first things I noticed about my church before I joined - their not just about the church and the members, they are always doing things for the community like at Halloween they have 'Trunk or Treat' last year they estimated over 3000 people came to the church, less than half were church members. The church members were doing all the work and provided treats, toys, refreshments rides everything - I rode on one of the hay wagons to watch than everyone stayed setting down during the ride so as not to get hurt.

Who are you trying to fool? The church keeps every penny they get. How do you suppose the Church became the richest business on Earth? It wasn't by helping the poor that's for sure! Perhaps they do wrap up a few gifts for the unfortunate at Christmas, but the church in General is not famous for helping anyone but its own. I can't ever remember the church, (any church) volunteering to help any poor or suffering anywhere on earth. I'm not pretending to be a Christian and I have sponsored kids in Africa for many years. Yes its Through a Christian Organization but its not affiliated with any Church.

I belong to a United Church of Christ. Each year we fill out a form, we write down what we think we can give each week, or month. That way it helps the church figure out the budget for the year. my church is open with what money is being taken in and what is going out. We have no secrets. memebers alternate counting the money each week and entering it in the books. We also get envelopes to put our money in. I try to give at least $5 each week, when I can I will give more. The minister and the members do not know how much each person gives, the only people who know what someone gives that week is the person counting the money and recording it, and then they are so busy that they don't pay attention to who gives what.

I haven't been to church that takes up offerings in a while, but I did the ten percent and if I had extra, I would pray about how much to give..(though I have never seemed to have extra..:( )

I knew from a very young age that it was wrong to put anything in the collection at church...I am (or was born)roman catholic and it is my understanding that the catholic church is the richest outfit in the entire world...what do they need money for then...with all the starving children in the world and all the suffering, the church should not be that rich...after all religion is supposed to be about peace and loving fellow man, than why don't they give that money to the needy instead of hording it and building fancy temples to worship in while millions around the world don't even have a home to sleep in at night.....

Hi.. Just got home from the church. I heard about giving 10 percent of your income. But normally i just give what i can as long as it is whole heartedly given. I do not count of how much i should give. In my opinion it isnt necessary to abide the 10 percent, it might be more or less.

in my church there was the weekly collection plate, and there was also envelopes where some people tithed,

I give 10 percent of what I make, but if I can't give that I give whatever I can even if it is a few dollars or cents. what matters is what's in your heart to give. God knows if we went to give as much as we can or as little as we can.

I don't know. I just give what I feel I can comfortable afford at the moment. We don't usually take up any offerings. We do the regular tithes each week. Part of that is for missions but we rarely have an offering unless its for the Gideon's.

In the Bible it only mentions tithing of 10%, and as far as offering there is no set amount,it is just a given thing of whatever you feel is enough or whatever you can afford...I know some people just give 15% to cover both tithing & offerings....

I am not a regular church goer but I have never thought that any church should determine how much I should give to the church. I do occasionally go to church with my daughter and I do put money in the offering collection. I decide what to give by what I have. If I have more money, I will put more money in. If I don't have money, I might not put much in or if I feel I really can't afford to, I would pass and not give anything. I think a person should give what they are comfortable with and I know there are those who would argue with me about that. I was told that there is something in the Bible about how much to give, but I do think that the final decision is up to you and what you are able to give. I wouldn't make sense if the church tells you that you should give a certain amount and yet you couldn't make your car note or pay all your utilities or other bills.

I figure out 10% of everything i make each week and that is what I give to the Lord, because that is what He expects us to give as His children. He will not bless you the way He wants to bless you unless you are doing what He says to do. so, if you make 1000 dollars one week, then 100 of it is the Lord's. it's 10% of what you make. God bless

When I was a child we gave whatever we could afford to give, which some sundays was nothing. I came from a family of 8 kids so my parents didn't have much to give. But when I grew up and the church started mailing out those envelopes you are talking about and had an amount on them, is when I quit going to church. I felt that they are just another money thing and if they told me how much I needed to give, I didn't want to go anymore. I still believe in God and I am still a christian, I don't need to go to church to be a believer. But my mom and my sisters still go to church every week and they give too much as far as I am concerned. I know my mom gives a check for $50 every week and she can't really afford it since she is on pension, but she still gives it to them and does without something else so she can continue to give them. My oldest sister gives $25 each week and she can't afford it either, but she again, goes without to give to them. I think this is so wrong of the church to tell them how much they have to give, especially when they can't really afford it.

The Bible teaches us to give ten percent of our earnings. If we dont, then we are stealing from him. :)

God gave what I get in the first place and only asks for 10% of that back. My church does help the poor. We have a committee that handles that. We do get calls on the Sabbath from people that are not of our church. The committee will then take them food and fill other needs. We do have bills as a church. There is the electricity,water phone, and insurance and the church material such as Sabbath school lessons. For some unexplained reason people think that churches are managed on air. All the Pastors in our churches are paid the sane ( Size of the church doesn't matter) from the tithes. The tithes also goes for spreading Gods word around the world. The offering in our church go for the local church. We do have the tithe envelopes so that people can say where their money is going. The offers go to the local church, radio stations, food banks and so on and so forth.

I always put in what I could afford to whether it was 1.00 or 10.00. I know that in the church I attended they used to put denominations on the outside of the envelope. I still just put in only what I could afford and no one ever complained. Even though I no longer attend that church, I will say this about most churches....most are very good about helping the needy even those that are not members. I have donated even when not attending church knowing that it could be my family or someone I care about that needs their help someday. I look at my donation as going to a good cause. If you don't have any to give or much, I am sure that no one looks down upon you for it.

The idea of tithing is an Old Testament concept and goes way beyond money. If you wish to tithe, be prepared to give the firstfruits (the first tenth) of everything you have. That includes your time, your land, your possessions, you name it. We live in a New Testament world and are under a new and everlasting covenant in Christ now. We ought to live there and not keep looking back to a time before there was full atonement for our sins. The notion of giving ten percent is not only obsolete but it's just not possible for a lot of families. The way I see it, if you believe that the Bible is inspired of God and that what it says is basically what God would say on any given subject, then why do we cling to a ten percent model of giving when Paul tells us very clearly that, "each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for the Lord loves a cheerful giver," please? That's 2 Cor. 9:7, in case you want to look it up. There's way to much compulsion and guilting of people by their local churches to give beyond their means. That's not an encouragement to exercise faith, it's a shakedown, plain and simple, and it is not sound doctrine. I give a little money to my church every week. I also give my time, my musical talents and my insights for planning events and services, tackling administrative tasks and basically whatever else I'm asked to do and which time allows. Do I give ten percent? Hardly. Do I want to give more? Yes. Will I continue to give cheerfully if I can't meet my bills because my car payment is in the offering plate and my car is with the repo man? Nope. So I make that payment and I give what I can for the church when my responsibilities are met and there's nothing wrong with that.

I usually put in what I can afford that week some weeks I can give more than others,since it is to help the poor,I don't want to end up being one of them so I give what I can without running short myself.Have a great day!

I usually give what I can and not just in monetary donations. My contributing time, effort and any other form of aid as needed is enough for me to rest at night and know I did something good.

We should give from our heart,does't matter how much we give as long as it come from our heart. God doesn't see on how much (amount)we give, but He sees our heart.