A Major Shift In Doctrine

[Standing Firm In Christ]

Ever since Fredrick K. Price began Ever Increasing Faith Ministries in Inglewood, CA., the Church has taken the stance that tithing one's money is commanded by God in the Bible. Even this year, June 27, 2014 the wife of Price aired one of his earlier messages at EIFM in which he states emphatically that the Church is the storehouse and that God requires monetary tithes of the saints to be brought to the Church.

Less than three months later, in three separate sermons Price's son, Fredrick K. Price, Jr., delivered a message at the Faith Dome's EIFM TITLED "Tithing Under Grace". This message aired September 7th, 14th & 21st. In the message, Fred Jr. Covered every single verse in the Bible that dealt with tithing and revealed to the congregation that God never commanded tithes of money from anyone in His Holy Word.

While it is refreshing to see EIFM is being honest concerning the Biblical tithes after more than 30 years of guilting its members into giving, one has to wonder what happened that caused the shift to doctrinal truth? Are there more doctrinal shifts in the future at the Faith Dome? And what about the father/son clash in doctrine if Fred Sr. still believes tithing is a Biblical mandate? Will it cause bad blood between family members? Will those who have tithed faithfully for the last 30 years "lest they be cursed God-rOBbers" be angry now that they know the truth?

Many more questions arise in my mind...

[John81]

All those I've known and known of who came to reject the idea of a NT tithe and accept NT giving did so after actually fully studying the matter out themselves. Most had simply accepted the tithe idea because that's all they had ever heard, and in some cases because of tradition.

 

Believers who have tithed based upon past teaching shouldn't be upset. Rather they should rejoice the truth has now come forth and he was willing to acknowledge the truth and adjust accordingly rather than taking the easy route of continuing on as before.

 

No pastor/preacher is perfect so we shouldn't get upset at the amount of time it took them to learn a particular point. Rejoice with them and encourage them to continue to study, learn, grow and follow the Lord.