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From: st0o+@andrew.cmu.edu (Steven Timm)
Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian
Subject: Re: Tithing
Message-ID: <Apr.2.03.24.06.1991.19578@athos.rutgers.edu>
Date: 2 Apr 91 08:24:08 GMT
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In Genesis we read that Abraham paid tithes to the priest Melchizedek
of Salem.  So tithing predates the Mosaic Law and thus (IMHO) was not
one of the ceremonial laws fulfilled at the Cross.

In my church the tithe is used mostly for the salary of ministers; as 
a result the majority of the employees of the church are ministers
(even in some places where it might be better if they were not ministers,
such as financial officers, etc.)

Steve Timm