A recent study by Empty Tomb Inc., a Christian research organization, showed that tithing in local churches is at its lowest record. Data from evangelical and mainline churches revealed that tithing as a percentage of income was at its lowest level in forty-one years. How is your church doing in financial giving? Are you looking to bolster the giving of tithes in your church? Is your congregation's understanding of the importance of tithing and its implications to church growth a concern? Are you interested in making the subject of tithing less sensitive in your church? In Church tithing: A Handbook for Pastors, Dr. Samuel Kirk Mills provides a practicum guide that prepares pastors with the foundational concepts and the curricular aspects of church tithing, on the grounds of God's plan and work in the tithing of Abraham to Melchizedek, enabling them to create a God-focused relational driven culture of tithing to optimize the spiritual and financial vitality of their Local Churches. This book is doing four objective things for pastors: Presenting the theological and biblical bases for Church tithing today Legitimizing and strengthening the apologetics to the practice of Church tithing today Laying the curricular foundation to the practice of Church tithing today Providing step-by-step guide for strategic planning, curricular manuals for teaching, communicating, and practicing the God-focused relational-driven church tithing, and a step-by-step guide for evaluating the impact of the tithing practicum on the local church