I agree with Sharon.
In the old days, the church needed a lot of funds to pay for widows, poor, homeless, & missionaries. Now the church pays for $40 million buildings and worthless activities. I visited a church that bragged that they give 10% of their income to missionaires. Since they no longer support the poor & fatherless, I thought this was way too little, especially since they were in the process of buildin a $40 million addition. And from talking with one of their members who goes to my Bible study, they have had no church growth for a few years. So why do they need the addition?
I give a portion of my husband's income to my church with his permission. My husband is like your husband. He thinks his belief in the Lord will save him even though the Lord doesn't have his heart. Then with the allowance he gives to me, I tithe to missionaries. Some of my favorites are Gospel for Aisa (gfa.org), Back to Jerusalem (
www.backtojerusalem.com), Open Doors (
www.opendoorsusa.org) which is a Bible smuggling group, and Regi. Regi is from & lives in India. He pretty much heads his church's work with missions. The mission is regiestered with India, but India doesn't allow them to receive funds. So I send a check directly to Regi. You can reguest his newsletter by emailing him at
regi@usa.net.
I truly believe that if you become a woman like in lainsletter, your husband will come to Christ. The Bible promises this. I am not like that woman, but I have begun my journey. This morning, I rose at 6 am to have devotional & worship. Laine says that about 6 years ago, she was a nominal Christian, and the Bible says the Lord hates the lukewarm (nominal)
She began her journey with a promise to the Lord that she would arise early & give the first tithe of time to him. He changed her remarkably.
If your husband will not allow you to tithe his income, ask him if you can tithe from your budget.