Tithing Rewards Both Spiritual and Financial

Tithing Rewards Both Spiritual and Financial: "Tithing Rewards Both Spiritual and Financial
Pr. George's Among Nation's Most Giving

By Avis Thomas-Lester
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, April 15, 2006; Page A01

LaVonne and Bernard Snowden have three children in private school, two flourishing careers and an elegant house in Mitchellville. As thanks for those blessings, the Snowdens say, they give 10 percent of everything they make to their church.

Carla Brooks, a Howard University graduate student, doesn't bring in much except her financial aid and what she earns working part time. Even so, she puts 10 percent of her money in an envelope marked 'tithes.'"