What popular pastors have said on tithing

I took my time to compile what various popular pastors have said so far on tithing. Please read in case you missed any.

Pst Adeboye: "Please do not let anybody get you into trouble by attracting God’s curse to yourself, please pay your tithe. I have said it before and I will say it again and again, if your physical father curse you, it can be cancel by your spiritual father, if your spiritual father curse you it can be cancel by the general overseer, if your general overseer curse you, you can fast and pray to your father in heaven but it God curses you, where will you go?"

Pst Adeboye

Bishop Oyedepo: “Everybody believes that God has an open Heaven order of blessings for His people. But you see it takes your tithing to qualify for it. So, if you only know the promise but you don’t know the condition, you will die frustrated.

“Now Christ has redeemed us from the curse of sin, from poverty, from death, but what does it take to get there, it takes faith in the demands. People just believe the promise but you need to believe the demands. It is believing the demands that entitles you to the fulfilment of the promise. 

Paul Adefarasin: “You don’t have to pay tithe in this new covenant. Tithing will not make you a Millionaire. You don’t pay tithe to be blessed. You are already blessed. Tithing is a faith response to the blessing.

“Abraham paid tithe after he was blessed not so that he would be blessed.

Abraham paid tithe to Melchidezek who was a high priest. We pay to Christ who is also our High Priest after the order of Melchizedek.

“Tithing is an honour system. It began before the law. In the law, if you don’t pay, you are cursed. In this new covenant era, even if you don’t pay, there is no curse. There is no curse for the Child of God in Christ. Only blessings.

“I don’t like teaching Tithing to babies. That’s not what they need. They need Christ and more of him for when they become mature, Tithing will not be an issue for them. They know the source of their wealth. Faith without works is dead. He who does not work, let him not eat. Work.”

Pst Suleman: “If you asked me, there is nothing wrong with tithing. But tithes should be used by pastors to maintain Christianity, assist the poor in the church, the vulnerable and the stranded. Not that everything should go into the pastor’s pocket, that’s wrong. Every pastor should be on allowance.

Bishop Oyedepo

Mike Bamiloye: “I pay my tithes and I give my offerings as instructed by God. But it is never and can never be my business, whatever the tithes and offerings are used for. And it is God I have given my tithes, because he said, it is him i have robbed if I don’t pay the tithes into his house.

“Therefore, I have no problem with any pastor or church the lord leads me to pay my tithes.”

TB Joshua: “It’s scriptural to ask for offering and tithes but it has to come from the heart.”

“Anything that does not come from your heart becomes a curse to the person you give… We ministers of God should allow the congregation to bless us, not curse us with their possessions.”

Pst Sarah Omakwu: "Pay your tithes. Don't let the devil tell you otherwise. Your tithes are used in helping the poor, the widows etc. So each time you don't give your tithe know that you are stopping someone's opportunity to be blessed by you."

Pst Sarah Omakwu of Family Worhip Centre

Reno Omokri: "I'm not supporting pay or don't pay, but Jesus preached tithe once and salvation over 100 times. Let our message focus on Salvation not tithe. It may annoy my colleagues, but the truth is that four commandments were given to the Gentile church by the Apostles and tithing is NOT one."

*Tithe out of personal conviction not because someone coerced you to. If you must tithe, do it in love for God, from your heart as an act of worship. Whatever we do for the Lord must be done from our hearts not by imposition, compulsion or coercion.

Or possibly you are worried that your pastor is using your tithes for personal purposes? Please if you are in a church were you are not confident of what your pastor does with the tithe, what exactly are you doing there?

Also bear in mind that your tithe isn't to the pastor but to God. How the church leadership uses this tithe is God's business. They are accountable to Him. If they misuse it, sure you know there are consequences. So don't worry. Do your part from your heart.

But I know there are churches who use their tithes to help the poor, widows, missions purposes. Tithe because you love God, because you know He deserves that 'sacred portion'. It's an act of worship to the Owner of the heavens and the earth. Let's not seat around going over this debate. There are much more important things we should be doing as God's children. 

When you love God, things like this should not be an issue to you. When you give to God or anyone in love, you will surely be rewarded. Give from your heart!