WARC—The Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Korea has told members of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches that churches should be motivated to engage in a movement for “ecumenical tithing”.
Referring to the Christian tradition of church members giving 10 percent of their earnings to the church, Sam Hwan Kim says, “It’s a matter of putting one’s money where one’s faith is.”
Kim was speaking at a WARC-sponsored seminar on the impact today of the early Reformation leader, John Calvin.
He believes his church is financially strong because of its practice of tithing. “Churches should be encouraged not to merely give what is left over after having cared for their own priority first, but to respect the significance and meaning of ecumenism and first commit their resources to the ecumenical movement,” Kim says.
Twenty-five percent of Koreans are Christian. Of these, 60 per cent belong to Presbyterian churches. WARC represents 75 million Christians through its 213 member churches, including the PCC.
