From an article published in the Deseret News, April 16, 2018: 1 “They received a message tailored for eastern Africa, where many tribes continue to insist that grooms or their families provide a dowry or pay a price for a bride. “That’s not the Lord’s way,” President Russell M. Nelson told about 2,000 Kenyans and … Read more
Excerpt from “The Teachings of Spencer W. Kimball”, Pg. 212,213: 1 The poor have special need to tithe. There are people who say they cannot afford to pay tithing, because their incomes are small. They are the people who need the blessings of the Lord! No one is ever too poor to pay tithing, and … Read more
Excerpt from the LDS ‘For the Strength of Youth’ (2011): 1 “A tithe is one-tenth of your income. In order to enter the temple, you must be a full-tithe payer.” Question 10 from the LDS Temple recommend interview questions: 2 “10 Are you a full-tithe payer?” Excerpt from the LDS endowment ceremony performed in the … Read more
Excerpt from the LDS 1940 General Handbook of Instruction: 1 Who Should Pay Tithing All members of the Church who have any income or increase from property, or who receive wages, salaries or gifts, should pay one-tenth of their “increase” annually. (See Doc. and Cov. 119:4.) Children eight years of age or over who have … Read more
It is estimated the LDS church pulls in between 5 billion dollars annually in tithing revenue alone, sans additional for-profit enterprises. 1 From a Dallin Oak (LDS Apostle) 2016 address on religious freedom at the University of Oxford:2 “Care for the poor and needy is not optional or incidental in our Church. We do this worldwide. … Read more
In 2012 there was an disclaimer added to the LDS tithing slip which reads “Though reasonable efforts will be made globally to use donations as designated, all donations become the Church’s property and will be used at the Church’s sole discretion to further the Church’s overall mission.” Since 1959 the LDS church has not publicly … Read more
When asked about the Church’s lack of financial reporting by a reporter in 2002, then LDS Prophet, Gordon Hinkley responded as follows: REPORTER: In my country the…we say the people’s churches, the Protestants, the Catholics, they publish all their budgets, to all the public.HINCKLEY: Yeah. Yeah.REPORTER: Why is it impossible for your church?HINCKLEY: Well, we … Read more