The Tithing Envelope

The Tithing Envelope

“Take heed that you do not do your charitable deeds before men, to be seen by them. Otherwise you have no reward from your Father in heaven. Therefore, when you do a charitable deed, do not sound a trumpet before you as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory from men. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward. But when you do a charitable deed, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, that your charitable deed may be in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will Himself reward you openly. ~Matthew 6:1-4

I have a problem with Churches who send their members pre-addressed envelopes for tithing. The Churches like to send them out periodically with your name already stamped on the envelope. I receive an envelope around the First of each month that contains 4-5 other envelopes with the date of each Sunday already stamped on them.

I believe that your tithing should be done in secret. Only known between God and yourself. Churches can mislead people by sending them a summary of their yearly tithing around tax time so you can claim it as a deduction.

If you receive a tax refund, you should give 10% of that and the entire amount of your tithe deduction from the government, if you tithe to the Church.

Most often, the Church office see and know who tithes the most by the name on the envelope. You are paying their salaries and the Church will so favoritism to those who give the most. Which is not right.

You should drop cash into the offering plate, but this does not work either. It's not done in secret because usually the people who pass the offering plate are standing at both ends of the aisle and are watching to see who places something in the offering plate.

We should render that of Caesar's to Caesar and give God the things which are His.

“Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's. And they marvelled at him.” (Mark 12:17)