Caritas, the Catholics and Diakonie, the Protestant charity, each run thousands of kindergartens, elderly homes,multinational corporation, hospitals and social centres across Germany with the annual turnover of 125 billion euros. These 2 are very powerful and influential, politicians fear them. They are second largest employer in Germany after the State.
God bless you my.mentor! I believe in giving and there's no amount of propaganda can change that, I don't tell them what to do with their money, so why should one break his head over what I choose to give to God?
According to Deut 14 v 23 the congregants must ask their Pastor when will we eat our tithe?Tithe was paid yearly not weekly and it was not paid in cash