Tithing income slumps by 30% in Ireland...
Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2012 1:14 pm
THE Irish Mormon Church has blamed increased unemployment and emigration for a drop of almost 30pc in donations by its members last year.
Mormon Church rules state members should donate 10pc of their income to the church through a 'tithe'.
Newly filed accounts for the Irish branch of the church show that tithing income totalled €687,148 last year -- a 28.6pc drop on the €962,863 received in 2010.
The drop in tithing income comes in spite of church numbers in Ireland increasing by 16pc last year from 2,514 to 2,915.
http://www.independent.ie/national-news ... 49423.html
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He added that a good portion of new members last year would have included children, who do not pay a tithe.