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That includes tithes; regular donations amounting to 10% of a person’s income expected from members of the church.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 1, 2023

Leaders would sometimes demand to see members’ pay stubs and sit on members’ porches until they arrived home to collect their tithes before Sunday evening was over, the suits allege.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2023

Church leaders had anticipated that: outside the auditorium were rows of card machines, and inside, bank numbers flashed on a giant screen so worshipers could transfer their tithes instead.

From New York Times • Feb. 22, 2023

Vaðmál could be used to pay taxes and tithes, but it could also be traded or sold for making clothes and other necessities.

From Scientific American • Sep. 15, 2022

Why, others asked, should all their tithes go to helping strangers, to the extent of building a room to feed them supper?

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario