The TITHE. You do know what that is, right? You would be surprised how many do not. Lots of folks think the tithe is simply what you give to the church, no matter what amount - a dollar, two dollars, a hundred - no matter what proportion of income the amount represents. And that is why, according to the Gallup folks, 17% of church members say they tithe. Unfortunately, lots of those good people are wrong. The word tithe comes from the Old English and simply means one-tenth. A tithe is one-tenth of something, anything - horses, pigs, cars, houses, anything - there is nothing "churchy" about the word. That means that many of those folks who THINK they are tithing when dropping a buck or two into the plate from week to week are mistaken. The truth is that, not 17% of us, but only about 3% of …