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Originally Posted by strait shooter
No the Pastors of the UPC do not pay tithe up the organizational ladder. Typically a Pastor will pay his tithe to his pastor, or to a deserving ministry. In my case I pay part to the retired pastor of this church and part to evangelists that we have. Trust me....every pastor I know in the UPC pays tithe and then some....usually a lot more.
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I've been a member of four districts and I've never heard of discretionary tithing. Every district I've belonged to requires all or part of the tithe of the ministers to go to the district. I know Texas and Lousiana require it, other districts require a portion, like Indiana and Illinois.
These are some of the larger districts too. I'd venture to say most districts require 100% of the ministers to tithe to the district or at least part of it.