Francis Chan is a pastor of Cornerstone Community Church who does not believe in tithing and gives 90% of his income away, and in 2008 it was reported that his church gave 55% of its income to charitable causes.
Does Francis Chan Believe in Tithing?
No. Francis Chan does not believe tithing is required. Here is his quote below
Francis Chan on tithing: “I don’t believe you are required to give a certain amount of your income. From my study of scripture, as I look through this, when I look at the New Testament; I don’t believe that we’re required to give this ten percent.“
Here is the whole audio of Francis Chan on tithing.
Look again, nowhere in any of Paul’s writings does Paul ever speak once of tithing. If tithing was such a big critical topic, surely the Apostle Paul would have mentioned it often. I believe that Paul understood giving very clearly and he never enjoined tithing on any Christians. Nowhere in John’s or Peter’s writing do we see any mention of tithing. I believe what Paul said is best… “Be generous and willing to share”.
The modern problem is that church is now a building instead of a fellowship. People “go” to church today whereas in the first century the people were the church. Our modern, humanistic church culture is far, far different from the original grace filled church that did not own buildings, parking lots, fellowship halls, stained glass, highly paid full time pastors, padded pews, etc…
If anyone simply took the time to read about the church in the book of Acts, they would see that they often met in homes, did not retain a full time preacher, did not tithe, and did not build cathedrals.
Thank you Skip/Frank for staying true to the Word and respectful throughout. Sorry Buford, you have contradicted yourself, then become defensive and tried to change the subject.
God knows you heart, but you have become a slave to doctrine and although it should not prevent you from heaven, it is not beneficial for you spiritually. I am not trying to attack you, but hope and pray that you would open your heart to a more excellent way, like Apollos. God bless