Pay Tithing
Mormons donate 10% of their income (”tithing”) to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Why do Mormons have to give 10% of their money?
The commandment of tithing, or giving 10% of one’s income to the Church, has actually been around for thousands of years since it was given in Biblical times. In Malachi 3, it reads:
Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.
Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation.
Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
When the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was restored, the commandment of tithing was reinstituted. However, members of the Mormon Church are not ‘forced’ to pay tithing. Rather, it is done voluntarily and privately.
What is tithing used for?
Tithing is used to further the purposes of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Therefore, the money is used to build meetinghouses and temples throughout the world where people can gather together and worship God. Additionally, it helps support the vast missionary effort which Mormons undertake to share the gospel of Jesus Christ with others.
Other donations are used for humanitarian efforts and to care generally for the poor and needy.