Summary: Tithing settlement is, no doubt, a busy time of year for not only the bishop but for the bishopric. Thousands of wards and branches around the world will all make it happen starting October 15 and so it would be helpful to share notes and find the best approach to tithing settlement.<br> In this episode 5 bishops or bishopric members share how their ward approaches tithing settlement. They each share some great ideas that can improve you efficiency to tithing settlement this year.<br> We will build on this episode each year and add additional tithing settlement ideas. If you would like to share your approach in order to help other wards better execute tithing settlement, please <a href="http://leadinglds.com/contact/">contact us</a> and we will give you further details.<br> Links:<br> <a href="http://leadinglds.com/how-i-lead-being-a-bishop-of-mercy-love-an-interview-with-bishop-brandon-leavitt/">How I Lead: Brandon Leavitt</a><br> <a href="http://leadinglds.com/leading-as-bishop-on-a-1-2-1-level-how-i-lead-mark-sieverkropp/">How I Lead: Mark Sieverkropp</a><br> <a href="http://leadinglds.com/how-i-lead-nathan-waldron-elders-quorum-president/">How I Lead: Nathan Waldron</a><br> <a href="http://leadinglds.com/being-bishop-in-florence-italy-how-i-lead-marco-ferrini/">How I Lead: Marco Ferrini</a><br> <a href="https://mormonlifehacker.com/tithing-settlement-tear-off-schedule/" target="_blank">Tithing Settlement Tear Off Schedule</a><br> <a href="https://mormonlifehacker.com/tithing-settlement-in-2-days-share-this-gift-with-your-bishopric/">Tithing Settlement in 2 Days</a><br> Quotes about Tithing<br> A Prerequisite to Higher Ordinances<br> Tithing is one of the many standards that allows us to receiving saving ordinances.<br> Brigham Young wrote in an epistle of the Quorum of the Twelve: “Enter steadily and regularly upon a strict observance of the law of tithing … then come up to the House of the Lord, and be taught in his ways, and walk in his paths.” (History of the Church, 7:282.)<br> Elder Taylor then taught: “It is our duty to pay our tithing, one-tenth of all we possess, and then one-tenth of our increase, and a man who has not paid his tithing is unfit to be baptized for his dead. … It is our duty to pay our tithing. If a man has not faith enough to attend to these little things, he has not faith enough to save himself and his friends.” (History of the Church, 7:292–93; italics added.)<br> The Lord’s Revenue System<br> Tithing is the Lord’s revenue system, and He requires it of the people, not because He is lacking in gold or silver, but because [we] need to pay it. …<br> The prime … purpose behind the establishment of the law of the tithe is the development of the soul of the tithe-payer, rather than the providing of revenue. The latter is an all-important purpose, for so far as money is needed for the carrying on of the work of the Church the Lord requires money that is sanctified by the faith of the giver; but blessings beyond estimate … are assured unto him who strictly conforms to the law of the tithe because the Lord hath so commanded.” (James E. Talmage, The Articles of Faith, Salt Lake City: The Church of <a href="http://mormon.org/jesus-christ" shape="rect">Jesus Christ</a> of Latter-day Saints, 1924, pp. 528–29)<br> A Test of Faith<br> “I think when people say they haven’t money enough to pay tithing, they should say they haven’t faith enough to pay tithing. It is my conviction that we pay tithing with faith and not with money, because when a man has so much money that he has a large tithing, he can’t pay tithing. He has too much money and too little faith to pay tithing, and just feels he can’t afford it.” (Improvement Era, June 1953, pp. 435–36.) George Q Cannon<br> How Much Tithing to Pay?<br> The law of tithing was given to the whole Church. The First Presidency has written what the law of tithing is for us today: “The simplest statement we know of is the st...
