The History and Use of the Tithe

Highlights of the Beginning of the Tithing System

Chapter 1—Some Documentation on Systematic Benevolence and the Tithe as Launched in 1859

Chapter 2—What Shall Be Done With the Money

Chapter 3—Introduced as the “Tithe” in 1861

Chapter 4—Reasons for the Choice of the Term “Systematic Benevolence”

Chapter 5—The Plan Restated in 1864

Chapter 6—A Plan With Some Defects

Chapter 7—The Perfected Plan Delineated in an 1878 Pamphlet

Chapter 8—The Developing Concept of the Proper Use of the Tithe

Chapter 9—No Segregation of Funds

Chapter 10—Ellen White’s 1879 Statement

1. Institutions

2. The Gospel Ministry and the Printed Page

Chapter 11—What Proportion of Income and Possessions

Chapter 12—Our Work Needs Tenfold More

Chapter 13—The Diversion of Tithe Funds

Chapter 14—Early G. C. Committee Action on Tithe Funds for Church Buildings

Chapter 15—The Tithe for Those Who Labor in Word and Doctrine

Chapter 16—The Tithe and School Support

Chapter 17—No Special Issues or Crises Apparent as Responsible for the Counsel

Ellen G. White Comments on the Use of Tithe Funds

Introduction

Chapter 1—Appropriate Use of the Tithe

1. Gospel Ministers

2. Bible Instructors

3. Bible Teachers

4. Needy Mission Fields, Both in America and Overseas

5. Publishing Department Directors

6. Medical Missionaries (Minister-Physicians)

7. Retirement Benefits for Ministers and Their Families

8. A Partial Salary for Some Literature Evangelists

Chapter 2—Tithe Usages in Unusual Situations

1. Houses of Worship, in Exceptional Cases

2. The Clerk and Treasurer of Large Churches

3. Medical Missionary Work, to a Very Limited Degree

Chapter 3—Inappropriate Use of the Tithe

1. Care of the Poor, the Sick, and the Aged

2. The Education of Needy Students

3. School Purposes and Colporteur Support

4. Church Expense

5. Church or Institutional Buildings

Chapter 4—Considerations and Conclusions

Ellen G. White and the Tithe

Chapter 1—Mrs. White and the Payment of the Tithe

Chapter 2—The Special Work of Ellen G. White

Chapter 3—The E. G. White Letter Concerning the Tithe

Chapter 4—The Tithe That Was Entrusted to Mrs. White

Responsibility Concerning the Tithe Confused With Personal Responsibility in the Matter of Freewill Offerings

Chapter 5—Another Case of Gross Distortion

Appendix A—The Use of the Tithe

Appendix B—Where should I pay my tithe? Gospel Finance—Pulling Together

Chapter 1—Old Testament Experience

Chapter 2—Israel’s Support System

Chapter 3—Adventists, Organization, and Tithing

Chapter 4—Self-supporting Units and the Organized Work

Chapter 5—Ellen White and the Tithe

Chapter 6—Our Global Challenge

Highlights of the beginning of the tithing system / Arthur L. White -- Ellen G. White comments on the use of tithe funds / Robert W. Olson -- Mrs. Ellen G. White and the tithe / Arthur L. White -- The use of the tithe / Ellen G. White -- Gospel finance: Pulling together / Frank B. Holbrook

This paper constitutes a brief historical review of the unique position of Mrs. White in regard to certain special situations relating to the tithe.

Loading…

Ellen G. White and the Tithe