Tithe

====Methodist Churches====
''[[Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection|The Discipline of The Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection]]'', which teaches the doctrine of the Storehouse Tithing, holds:<ref name="Black1960"/><ref name="AWMC2014">{{cite book |title=The Discipline of the Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection (Original Allegheny Conference) |year=2014 |publisher=[[Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection]]|location=Salem |language=en |pages=133–166}}</ref> {{blockquote |That all our people pay to God at least one-tenth of all their increase as a minimum financial obligation, and freewill offerings in addition as God has prospered them. The tenth is figured upon the tither's gross income in salary or net increase when operating a business.<ref name="AWMC2014"/>}}

The [[Book of Discipline (United Methodist)|Book of Discipline]] of the [[United Methodist Church]] states that it is the responsibility of ecclesiastics to "educate the local church that tithing is the minimum goal of giving in The United Methodist Church."<ref name="SmithEmerson2008">{{cite book |last1=Smith |first1=Christian |last2=Emerson |first2=Michael O|last3=Snell |first3=Patricia |title=Passing the Plate: Why American Christians Don't Give Away More Money |date=29 September 2008 |publisher=Oxford University Press |language=en |isbn=9780199714117 |pages=215–227}}</ref>

[[The Church of the Nazarene]] teaches Storehouse Tithing, in which members are asked to donate one-tenth of their income to their local church—this is to be prioritized before giving an offering to apostolates or charities.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Tithing Tradition |url=http://nazarene.org/files/docs/stewardship_tithetrad.pdf|publisher=The Church of the Nazarene |access-date=23 September 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510201028/http://nazarene.org/files/docs/stewardship_tithetrad.pdf|archive-date=10 May 2017 }}</ref>