Almost weekly I receive e-mails and telephone calls asking for me to recommend churches which teach grace giving principles
instead of tithing. Unfortunately there is not a simple answer to this question.
This is because graduates of seminaries which teach grace giving principles often teach tithing in their own local churches.
I would appreciate names and addresses of churches which do not teach tithing.
With your approval I will gladly post them on this web site at the conclusion of this article.
(1) Almost all churches associated with Dallas Theological Seminary, Wheaton College, Moody Bible Institute and John
MacArthur's Master's Seminary do not teach tithing. Dallas and MacArthur oppose it in writing. Wheaton's top theolgian Walter
Elwell oppsed it and we have corresponded. Moody is neutral but publishes a lot of pro-tithing books for Larry Burkett and
his friends. Check with the seminaries for your area. They often have the title "Community" in their name or claim to be interdenominational.
However many churches with "Community" names are charismatic and strong tithe-teachers.
(2) According to the SBC Facts and Trends report I have on my web site 20% of their own pastors do not teach tithing
but I have not found any of them. I wish that they would speak up.
(3) Many, if not most, Primitive Baptist Churches do not teach tithing.
(4) The Wisconsin Synod of the Lutheran Church does not teach tithing. They are almost a closed society. I do not agree
with their view of con-substantiation. Their top theologian L C H Lenski strongly opposed tithing. I think that the conservative
Missouri Synod does teach tithing and that the liberal ALC/LCA does not.
(5) Most of the churches which call themselves Church of Christ formerly did not teach tithing but they are changing.
They boasted that all of their doctrines came after Calvary. I do not agree with their theology of immersion as a requirement
of salvation. I am not referring to the United Churches of Christ or to the cultic Atlanta Church of Christ.
(6) Many churches which use the name, Christian Church, do not teach tithing. This church has both liberal and conservative
branches. The Disciples of Christ, a more liberal branch, is also called the Christian Church and the Church of Christ was
an eearly division from the Disciples of Christ Christian Church.
(7) Many of the more liberal churches do not teach tithing. This is because they attribute the books which discuss
tithing such as Numbers, Leviticus and Deuteronomy to very late or post-exile and the doctrine did not exist under Moses if
he even existed.
(8) Most house churches do not teach tithing. It is often one of the reasons for their existence as house churches.
I am open for corrections and additions, especially additions.
ALABAMA; Mobile, St Stephens AME, Dr Harrison Wilson
ARIZ, MESA; NEW COVENANT BIBLE FELLOWSHIP
ARIZ, Tiempe, NEW COV BIBLE FELLOWSHIP
CALIF, PALO ALTO, PENINSULA BIBLE CHURCH
CALIF, SUN CITY, GRACE COMMUNITY CHURCH
COLO, LITTLETON, FOOTHILLS BIBLE CHURCH
FLA, HERNANDO, RIVERSIDE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP
GEORGIA, ACWORTH, IRON HILL BAPTIST
GEORGIA, SHARPSBURG; FAITH BIBLE CHURCH
GEORGIA; Gainesville, Feed My Sheep Church
GEORGIA, TUCKER, Faith Christian Church
INDIANA, AVON; GRACE FELLOWSHIP CHURCH
MINN, ST PAUL; WOODLAND HILLS CHURCH
MISSOURI, EMMA; Lutheran, Rev Snyder
N. CAROLINA; CROSSROADS BIBLE FELLOWSHIP
N. CAROLINA, WILMINGTON, SURFSIDE FELLOWSHIP
OHIO, CHESAPEAKE; UNION MISSIONARY BAPTIST
OHIO, DAYTON; GRACE CHRISTIAN CENTER
OKLAHOMA, ENID: EMMANUEL BAPTIST SBC
TENNESSEE, CLARKESVILLE, Baptist J D Hawk Bolten II
TEXAS, ARLINGTON, Paradise Primitive Baptist Church
TEXAS. HOUSTON, Mills Road Baptist, Dave Goodgame
TEXAS, NOCOMA, First Baptist, Dave Woodbury
VIRGINIA: Sandston; Tabernacle of Truth, H Pollard Jr
