Giving in the dispensation of grace
The pattern for giving in this dispensation is found here:
2 Corinthians 9:7 (KJV) Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.
Giving today is distinct from the pattern of tithing found in scripture.
TI'THING, ppr. Levying a tax on, to the amount of a tenth.
(Webster’s 1828 American Dictionary of the English Language)
Various tithes were prescribed under the law for Israel:
1. Levitical tithe: to support the Levites who served in the temple and who had no land inheritance (Numbers 18:20-24)
2. Festival tithe: for partaking in the ordained festivals (Deuteronomy 14:22-23)
3. Tithe for the disinherited: to support the stranger, the fatherless and the widow (Deuteronomy 14:28-29)
Tithing was tied to the notion of the land grant to Israel, and therefore tithes were paid in animals and crops (Leviticus 27:30-34), unless for the festivals the journeying distance with animals was too great, in which case the offering could be redeemed for money before the journey and then converted back to produce once at the festival (Deuteronomy 14:24-27).
It is important to understand that the scriptural teaching of tithing is at odds with grace. Why so?
Answer: Because God's blessing followed obedient tithing (Deuteronomy 26:12-15), which notion if pulled through to today would mean that if we tithe obediently Christ died in vain…
Galatians 2:21 (KJV) I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.
...and if we do not then we are under a curse:
Galatians 3:10 (KJV) For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.
Giving in this age is the response to grace working in the giver:
Philippians 4:14-17 (KJV) Notwithstanding ye have well done, that ye did communicate with my affliction. Now ye Philippians know also, that in the beginning of the gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no church communicated with me as concerning giving and receiving, but ye only. For even in Thessalonica ye sent once and again unto my necessity. Not because I desire a gift: but I desire fruit that may abound to your account.
No church should be teaching tithing to its saints today.