Nigerian media personality Toke Makinwa has explained her decision to stop paying monthly tithes to the church, revealing that she now redirects the money to hospitals, widows, and individuals in ...

I grew up believing generosity had a clear address. You went to church. You gave your tithe. You trusted the system. It was clean and comforting and required little imagination. I didn’t have to ...

The churches of the U.S. last year received about $4 billion in donations. If the 112 million Americans who claim a religious affiliation had given one-tenth—the traditional tithe—of their personal ...