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Hear it from them, not from us.

These are the men themselves — on their own platforms, in their own words. We have summarized each one and pointed you to where in the source to find it, so you can weigh what was said without having to take our account of it. Where we have not yet confirmed a position from the source itself, the card says so.

The summaries are ours. The links are theirs.

Those who teach the tithe belongs to the church

8 SOURCES

These speakers hold that the tithe is returned through the local church to the conference treasury, and that the member is not free to send it elsewhere.

VIDEO

Stephen Bohr

Secrets Unsealed / SUMtv · “The Tithe in the Storehouse”

A short study identifying the storehouse of Malachi 3 with the organized church, and holding that tithe returned anywhere else is not returned to the treasury God appointed.

Short video — the argument runs start to finish.

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VIDEO

Walter Veith

Amazing Discoveries / Clash of Minds

Holds that the tithe is returned through the organized church rather than redirected at the member’s discretion, answering the case for defunding: that the existence of dishonest men is no reason to close the treasury they abused.

Find it: short clip — the point lands in the first minute.

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SERMON

Doug Batchelor

Amazing Facts · “Windows in Heaven”

Teaches that God does not intend each member to decide individually where the tithe goes: it is given at the local congregation, sent on to the conference, and distributed from there to ministers, missionaries and teachers worldwide.

Find it: search the transcript for “storehouse.”

Read the transcript sermons.love →

Q & A

Ted Wilson

General Conference president · Two written answers

Answering members who disagree with their leaders, he writes that tithe is to be returned to God’s storehouse, resting the case on the counsel that one should not withdraw support because the work seems mismanaged.

Find it: each answer is about a screen long.

Read pastortedwilson.org →

STUDY · PDF

G. Edward Reid

Stewardship Ministries · Where Do We Bring Our Tithe?

A booklet-length case that the storehouse is the conference treasury from which pastors are paid, and that neither Scripture nor the Spirit of Prophecy identifies it as anywhere else.

Find it: the storehouse argument opens the booklet.

Open the PDF stewardship.adventist.org →

PANEL

John Lomacang

3ABN Sabbath School Panel · “The Tithing Contract,” Q1 2023

Presents the lesson’s Monday segment, titled “Where Is the Storehouse?” — teaching the church-treasury identification on 3ABN’s own broadcast.

Find it: Monday’s segment, partway into the episode.

Listen 3abn.org →

SERIES

Kenneth Cox UNCONFIRMED

Kenneth Cox Ministries · Give Me The Bible series

The series includes a presentation titled “The Church — God’s Storehouse.” We are listing the title only; we have not yet reviewed the presentation itself.

Find it: subject list, “Why a Church?” — item 4.

See the series kennethcoxministries.org →

POSTS

Scott Ritsema

Belt of Truth Ministries · Facebook posts, June–July 2026

Stands with the storehouse: the conference is the normative practice, and using sacred tithe as a boycott or leverage for reform is a method he calls profane, however just the cause. He would leave the Watson letter’s quiet, private exceptions uncondemned — but opposes organizing or publicizing any redirection.

Find it: the summary post gathers all three of his arguments in one place.

Read the posts facebook.com →

Statements, studies, and articles

5 SOURCES

Official church statements, White Estate scholarship, and written answers — the documents behind the storehouse position, linked at the source.

OFFICIAL STATEMENT

General Conference

Executive Committee · Statement of Tithe and Its Destination · voted October 16, 2012

Declares that the tithe is holy and belongs to the Lord, that it is returned through the local conference, mission or union, and that members are to keep returning it through the appointed channels even when leaders fail — citing Scripture and the Spirit of Prophecy against withholding.

Find it: one page — the destination paragraphs close the statement.

Read the statement gc.adventist.org →

GUIDELINES

General Conference

Annual Council · Use of Tithe guidelines · adopted October 14, 1985

Identifies the storehouse as the conference treasury, reached through the member’s home church, and draws the two lanes precisely: tithe sustains the ministry itself — evangelists, pastors, Bible instructors — while buildings and operating expense belong to the offerings.

Find it: the definitions open the document.

Read the guidelines gc.adventist.org →

STUDY

Ellen G. White Estate

Roger W. Coon · Ellen G. White’s Counsel and Practice on Tithe

The Estate’s own study of what she taught and what she did — including the Watson letter. It finds her direct payments to destitute ministers an exceptional case she refused to make a precedent: I would not advise that anyone should make a practice of gathering up tithe money.

Find it: the Watson letter section, midway through.

Read the study whiteestate.org →

ARTICLE

Kevin Paulson

ADvindicate · “Should Tithes and Offerings Serve as Weapons of Protest?”

Answers a proposal to organize the redirecting of tithes and offerings toward entities judged more faithful. His conclusion: the criteria collapse under their own weight, and the remedy is deeper engagement with church governance at every level — not a rival treasury.

Find it: the proposal is stated at the top; the answer builds from there.

Read advindicate.com →

CHANNEL

God First

GC Stewardship Ministries · Official YouTube channel

The General Conference Stewardship Ministries channel — short videos on the tithe, the storehouse and faithful giving, produced by the department the church has appointed to teach them.

Find it: browse the channel’s videos and playlists.

Visit the channel youtube.com →

Those who teach you may give it where you are led

4 SOURCES

These speakers and ministries hold that the member may direct the tithe by conscience or the leading of the Spirit, including to ministries outside the conference structure.

ARTICLE

Danny Shelton

3ABN founder · Written after his 2023 camp meeting sermon

Writes that each of us should pay our tithe to wherever the HOLY SPIRIT impresses us to give it, and recounts telling a division president the same — adding that the Spirit would take precedence over church policy if the two ever conflicted.

Find it: his answer appears in the opening section.

Read fulcrum7.com →

ARTICLE

Ralph Larson

Published by Steps to Life · The Tithe Problem, Part II

Argues that tithe arrives at independent ministries unsolicited from distressed members, that Ellen White did not refuse such tithe, and asks openly whether it is wrong to support a ministry teaching what one believes.

Find it: the Watson letter is cited midway through.

Read stepstolife.org →

POLICY

Amazing Discoveries

Ministry policy page · A stated practice, not a sermon

States that donors who insist may mark funds as tithe, which are then held in a pastoral-support fund and spent only on ministers, Bible workers and teachers — never buildings or overhead. The ministry asks donors to give to evangelism instead.

Find it: the policy is the whole page.

Read the policy amazingdiscoveries.org →

LETTER

David Gates UNCONFIRMED

Gospel Ministries International · Open letter on policy K05.05

Objects to the policy clause barring supporting ministries from accepting tithe, arguing that no human authority may stand between a member and conscience. He argues against the restriction; we have not found him directing members’ tithe to ministries.

Find it: his objection to point 6, near the letter’s end.

Read the letter gospelministry.org →