do Jehovah's witnesses believe in tithes?

Answer 1

No we do not use Tithing.

PS Love the screen name:D

In regards to the longwinded answer, that, by the way does NOT answer the question. Please do not listen to random stories, especially when being told as 2nd, or 3rd hand knowledge. I find it interesting that he/she took so much time to butter up the asker before side stepping the question and slandering us.

Answer 2

Check their web site. Do you see a link where you can donate, even if you wanted to?

The poster above is rather full of himself to make up such a load of bull.

All the JW Kingdom Halls have is a little box in the back of the room, and if you're not a witness, you may not even know what it is for. I went to the Memorial and didn't see one there. You would think on the day when they get the most people coming, it would be out and obvious.

They have no need for tithing like other churches. They don't build megachurches. There are 3-4 congregations per Kingdom Hall. My mothers congregation in Corning, CA is getting ready to split, but there is not room for another congregations, so they plan to build another Kingdom Hall. Below are some articles about such builds.

Further, no one gets paid in any position, from the elders to the governing board. When I was young, I had a friend who was a window washer. He's now a District Servant, which means he governs 10+ circuits which have 10+ congregations, of about 200 "active" publishers each. He now has less money to spend when in 1974 when we were teenagers. If he has the opportunity to sit on the governing board, he will live in a two bedroom apartment, in the residential building along with all the other volunteers

No, tithing is not need in the JWs, nor in any church, if they got back to the basics of just teaching God's Word.

Answer 3

To Slamdunk:
i find it strange what you are saying because it makes more sense to believe in a religion which does not require tithes and let someone give at free will than a church like mine which asks for a certain percentage and if you see some mega churches the pastors are benefiting greatly. Yet you have witnesses that are not collecting to pay ANYONE. They have come to my door and they ask for donations to help with printing cost of the brochures they provide yet my church and others that i know are not going to the door to pass out brochures and require you to tithe or pay into building funds. Everyone are sinners and there is a bad person or people in EVERY religion so if someone saying they are a witness did something bad to someone or prayed on elderly does not mean that is what all of them do. Witness have people that sin and they handle them by disfellowship and disassociation so they never act as if they are perfect however they do want to act as close as possible in an effort to gain a perfect life when the world ends and paradise replaces this sinful place. Think about what you say before you slander any religion if its not your own. I am not a witness but i will not slander them. I do have words to say sometimes about how i feel but i never slander them. if i dont agree state that but dont defame any religion other than agnostics or those that do not believe in God. I dont slander them either i just dont speak positive of their beliefs. To explain what i mean by positive is that I feel they are crazy for their beliefs is most of what i say which is not slander its an opinion and also not positive. I know witnesses and have visited their halls and know personally what may seem weird to many there is a lot of good that i see in how they run their congregations than i have seen in all my life in other churches that PASS THE PLATES.Oh when filing taxes church tithes fall under CHARITY givings.

Answer 4

Jehovah's Witnesses do not require or even recommend tithing. It seems quite possible that some individual Witnesses adhere to the practice, but they could only do so in private.

(Matthew 6:2-4) Hence when you go making gifts of mercy, do not blow a trumpet ahead of you, just as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be glorified by men. Truly I say to you, They are having their reward in full. 3 But you, when making gifts of mercy, do not let your left hand know what your right is doing, 4 that your gifts of mercy may be in secret; then your Father who is looking on in secret will repay you.


These facts about Jehovah's Witnesses are perhaps relevant to this question. The more one compares this Christian religion with others, the more remarkable it is shown to be.

1. Jehovah's Witnesses have no paid clergy. Yet they remain tightly organized with more than 6.5 million active Jehovah's Witness preachers (about 16 million associate themselves with the religion). Even fulltime preachers and workers at their branch offices are unpaid volunteers.

2. There is no elite class among Jehovah's Witnesses. Even the few 'anointed' among them enjoy no special privileges in their congregations on earth. An anointed person (one of those relative few with a heavenly hope) is not elevated above his fellow congregants in any way, and he may not even qualify for appointment as a simple 'deacon' or elder. There are no titles; EVERYONE is addressed as 'brother' or 'sister'.

3. No person benefits economically from the Christian Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses. Even the 8 to 20 men who serve on their Governing Body receive simply room, board, medical care, and reimbursement for certain personal expenses according to the exact same provision as every other branch volunteer.

4. About a hundred men have served on Jehovah's Witnesses' Governing Body committee during the past 125 years or so. The vast majority of them have spent the vast majority of their adult lives volunteering for their organization's purposes, and the vast majority have died faithfully and near-pennilessly while still under their legal 'vow of poverty'.

5. Amazingly, Jehovah's Witnesses did not splinter as a sect from some other religion. Instead, a truly tiny but sincere group of bible students studied only the Scriptures to determine the will of God. Thus their religion remains absolutely independent of and not carrying the sins of Christendom's history, yet carries the authority of Christ's teachings.

6. Despite the distortions of anti-Witnesses, throughout their modern history Jehovah's Witnesses have refused to claim divine inspiration or infallibility for their teachings. They have pointed to the bible (and not any particular translation) as the only inspired infallible means of knowing God's thoughts. For over 125 years, their teachings have been presented as merely the results of sincere bible research by imperfect but godly humans.


Learn more:
http://watchtower.org/e/jt/index.htm?article=article_07.htm
http://watchtower.org/e/20040601/article_02.htm
http://jw-media.org/people/who.htm
http://jw-media.org/people/statistics.htm

Answer 5

I think it would be most correct to say that though they do "believe" that tithing exists, they certainly do not practice it!

Answer 6

According to their web site's FAQ, they accept voluntary donations and do not mandate tithes.

Answer 7

No - only voluntary contributions.
We dont charge for any of our literature.
Our prime concern is to make God's name and purposes known to mankind,before the end of this wicked system comes.
money will have no value then.......

Answer 8

Greetings Nefer TT, from Slamdunk! (duncan) to my friends.

You have askes a very provokative question indeed. It shows me yoy are a curious, intelligent person, so I will try to answer this question to the baest of my abilities based upon my personal knowledge of spirituality and chiuch proticol,.

Firstly, I would suggest rather than give a simplistic yes, that it may be useful for you to look at the question and the Jehova Witnessess in a lbroarder scale to give you greater insight to the anaswe to this and future questions.

Firstly, Like most churches and as stated in the old testimony, originating back to the days of Moses, I believe moses gave 10% of all he possessed to a king Melchizideck, who was a Godly priest of the most high order. As one only tithes to someone far greater than themselves, usually God.

So, I believe this is where the 10% component of tithing came from.

However, I have heard many stories and factual statements from many open minded people who have told me, and I quote: " Have nothing to do with the Jehova Witnesses as they are bad news all around"

Please don;t get me wring I am not biased but i don't believe in people being ripped off for no good reason, as I have heard that they, The Jehova Witnesses once they have your personal details are like a dog with a bone and will not cease their harrassment of the individual concerned let alon let go of the bone metaphorically speaking.

I have heard where they have successdfully conned elderly lonely widows who are desperate just for company, wher they manage to get them st sign power of atterney over to the Jehovers witnessess, effectively giving them total control over the aged and elderlies entire finances including their own homes. I have even heard that once they have accomplished this that they evict these eldely people who initially trusted the Jehova Witnessess out of their homes.

So the gullable, elderly and plain unwise are quickly parted with their money and in many cases effectively end up homless at their old age.

I believe this practice is both misleading and highly deceptive.

I think if you want to tithe, you chose how much you believe you can afford and you are better off either giving it directly to a charity ( an claiming the yearly figure against your tax), or simply give it to needy people as you go along and are led by God's holy spirit.

I hope my friend this canswers your question and puts the issue of tithing in a far greater perspective.

All the best to you my friend,

God Bless

From Slamdunk!

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Cheers!

Answer 9

Absolutely.

Answer 10

No. Definitely not.