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Tithe program

   
 

   

Habitat Tithe builds a WORLD where everyone has a decent place to live.

What is tithe?

  • To take at least 10 percent of what we have been blessed with and give it back to God and back to our ministry.
  • Through our Tithe program, Habitat partners are not only eliminating poverty housing from their own communities, but also eliminating poverty housing in communities around the world.

Why do we tithe?

  • The decision is based on our biblical roots as an ecumenical Christian ministry.
  • Tithing within Habitat — a global organization that seeks to eliminate poverty housing and homelessness from the face of the earth — ensures that funding reaches the countries that have both a Habitat presence and some of the greatest need.

Tithe then and now

  • At a home dedication in Zaire in 1979, our founder, Millard Fuller, received the first $200 tithe, which he used to help launch a new Habitat affiliate in Aguacatan, Guatemala.
  • From that one donation, the entire Habitat tithe program started.

 

Follow us on Twitter @HabitatTithe [1]           [1]


In the newsroom:

Tithes without borders
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Habitat Tajikistan and Habitat Guatemala: A healthy partnership
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Source URL: http://www.habitat.org/lac_eng/participate/tithe.aspx

Links:
[1] https://twitter.com/HabitatTithe
[2] http://www.habitat.org/lac_eng/newsroom/2009/02_20_2009_guatemalatithes.aspx
[3] http://www.habitat.org/lac_eng/newsroom/2009/08_13_2009_guate_tithe.aspx