CHURCH TITHING: A HANDBOOK FOR PASTORS
How Church Ministers Can Bolster the Practice of Tithing with Their Congregation and Optimize the Spiritual Health and the Financial Vitality of their Local Church.
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INTRODUCTION Church Tithing: A Handbook for Pastors is an integration of biblical theology, Christian theology, Church history, transformative dimensions of Christian education, and the principles of Christian living and ethics, resulting in a curriculum of Church tithing designed for the local church. The book is created on the grounds of God’s plan and work in getting Abraham to tithe to Melchizedek. The book is pitched towards its use to create a culture of Church tithing in the local church that intentionally contributes to the Christian/spiritual formation of the individual members of the congregation, with the goal of optimizing the overall spiritual and financial vitality of the local church. Essentially, the purpose of this book is to prepare Church Ministers with the Foundational Concepts and the Curricular Aspects of Church tithing, based on God’s work that got Abraham to tithe to Melchizedek. As an educational tool, the book enables Church Ministers with the apologetics, the foundational precepts, and a combined curricular scheme of teaching in the five Christian persuasions for Church tithing, consistent communication programming and publication that reinforces the teaching lessons, and a practicum guide for cultivating and developing the culture in their local church that has the congregation connecting their tithing with the discipline of a spiritual communing interactions with God. The overarching aim of the book is the value it gives to Church Ministers the importance in achieving with their congregation the spiritual and the sacred nature of Church tithing that God benchmarked with Abraham, the father of the Christian faith in Genesis 14. This book is doing several objective things on the grounds of God’s plan and work in getting Abraham to tithe to Melchizedek: Legitimizing the practice of Church tithing today Strengthening the apologetics for the practice of Church tithing today Providing the theological bases for Church tithing today Laying the foundation for the pedagogy and the practice of Church tithing today Offering an integrated curricular system of teaching, communicating, and the practice of Church tithing (the TCP of Church tithing) for creating a culture of giving that has the congregation educationally inclined to connecting their tithing to a pursuit of deepening their spiritual and sacred relations with God Part One The book is organized in two parts. Part one covers the Foundational Concepts of Church tithing. And each foundational precept of Church tithing logically serves as a key chapter of the book as follows: The Status of Melchizedek and Abraham in God’s Church Program An Historical Trends of Church Tithing The Theological Foundation of Church Tithing The Core Principles of Church Tithing The Ultimate Aim of Abraham’s Tithing The Sacred Nature of Church Tithing The Fundamental Benefits of Church Tithing The Definition of Church Tithing Part Two In Part Two, the book introduces pastors to the Teaching, Communicating, and the Practicing (TCP) of Church Tithing Program Kit for creating a culture of Church tithing that has the congregation educationally motivated in connecting their tithing to a pursuit of deepening their spiritual and sacred relations with God. Upon the diligent use of this handbook Church Ministers will be able to: A. Explain the status of Abraham and Melchizedek in God’s Church program, and be able to articulate the implications of their significance to the application of Church tithing in their local church B. Articulate and defend the practice of Church tithing in their local church, on the grounds of God’s plan and work in getting Abraham to tithe to Melchizedek C. Explain and show the effects of Emperor Constantine’s pioneering and the historical trend of Church tithing to the present D. Identify the faults of the biblical support of Emperor Constantine’s pioneering and the historical trend of Church tithing and its effects on the Church E. Ascertain and explain from the tithing of Abraham the core principles of Church tithing which consists of the faith and moral principles of Church tithing, the rubrics of God for Church tithing, the Christian persuasions for Church tithing, the spiritual and the sacred nature of Church tithing F. Determine and articulate from the tithing of Abraham the spiritual benefits of Church tithing to the individual church tither, and the corporate church G. Establish and convey from the tithing of Abraham a collated set of definitions that are to be discernible in the practice of Church tithing H. Achieve through teaching and communication a uniformed understanding in their congregation concerning the five Christian persuasions for Church tithing that account for the importance and benefits of Church tithing I. Create and sustain through teaching and communication and practice a culture of Church tithing in their local churches in which members of the congregation tithe out of a spiritual interaction with God that leads to growth in their Christian faith J. Conduct to achieve the sacred nature of Church tithing that God modeled through Melchizedek’s receipt of Abraham’s tithing
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Church Tithing: A Handbook for Pastors prepares church ministers with the foundational concepts of church tithing, including the status and the significance of Melchizedek and Abraham in God’s program for the church, the historical trends of church tithing, the theological and biblical bases for church tithing; and the core principles of church tithing (the biblical assumption of giving, the rubrics of God for church tithing, the Christian persuasions for church tithing, the faith and the moral principles of church tithing). The foundational concepts and the core principles of church tithing give church ministers two things: (i) strong defense or the apologetics for the practice of church tithing in the local church (ii) the fundamental skill sets for the education and the practice of church tithing, for optimizing the spiritual health and the financial vitality of their churches. In offering a curricular approach for creating a God-focused-relational driven culture of church tithing, the handbook introduces church ministers to the Teaching, Communication, and the Practice (The TCP) of Church tithing Program Kit. The TCP of Church tithing Program Kit offers church ministers a combined teaching outlines and notes, communication programmed messages (tithing tips), and a practicum guide to engage in a robust comprehensive pedagogy and practice of church tithing to achieve with their congregation the spiritual and the sacred nature of church tithing that God instituted with the tithing of Abraham, with the goal of optimizing the spiritual health and the financial vitality of their churches. Church Tithing: A Handbook for Pastors is the primary textbook created for the Church Tithing Institute’s Certificate in Church Tithing, an Online Course designed to train church ministers to serve as Church Tithing Specialists in the local church.
About the Author
Dr. Samuel Kirk Mills has been engaged in Christian Ministry for 40 plus years. He studied at Moody Bible Institute, the Wheaton Graduate School as a Billy Graham Scholar, where he graduated with the Master of Arts degree in Educational Ministries. He subsequently earned his Doctoral Degree in Education from Northern Illinois University. An astute teacher and speaker in the foundations for Church ministry, Dr. Mills is charting a course with Church Ministers/Pastors that would prepare them with a Church tithing practicum for optimizing the spiritual and financial vitality of their churches – supporting local churches to thrive for the cause of Christ and His Kingdom. He is married to Nana. They have two young adults, Naa Koshie, and Nii Odartey.