https://scriptura.journals.ac.za/pub <p>Scriptura is an independent journal which publishes contributions in the fields of Biblical, theological, and contextual hermeneutics, broadly understood. It is international in scope, but special attention is given to topics and issues emerging from or relevant to Southern Africa. Scriptura publishes contributions in English but also in other languages relevant to the Southern African region (such as Afrikaans, Xhosa, Sesotho, Zulu, French and German).</p> Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Theology, Department of Old & New Testement. en-US Scriptura: Journal for Biblical, Theological and Contextual Hermeneutics 0254-1807 <p>Authors retain copyright and grant the Journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this Journal.</p><p>This is an open access journal, and the authors and journal should be properly acknowledged, when works are cited.</p><p>Authors may use the publishers version for teaching purposes, in books, theses, dissertations, conferences and conference papers.</p><p>A copy of the authors’ publishers version may also be hosted on the following websites:</p><ul><li>Non-commercial personal webpage or blog.</li><li>Institutional webpage.</li><li>Authors Institutional Repository.</li></ul><p>The following notice should accompany such a posting on the website: “This is an electronic version of an article published in Scriptura, Volume XXX, number XXX, pages XXX–XXX”, DOI. Authors should also supply a hyperlink to the original paper or indicate where the original paper (<a href="/pub">http://scriptura.journals.ac.za/pub</a>) may be found.</p><p>Authors publishers version, affiliated with the Stellenbosch University will be automatically deposited in the University’s’ Institutional Repository SUNScholar.</p><p>Articles as a whole, may not be re-published with another journal.</p><p>The following license applies:</p><p><a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/">Attribution CC BY-NC-ND 4.0</a></p> https://scriptura.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/2173 <p><em>The new prophetic churches in South Africa and elsewhere in the continent practice giving. There are many aspects to the concept of giving, such as tithing, seeding, offerings, and so forth. Members of the new prophetic churches are expected to give a tenth of their income as an obligation of their membership. In current practice, the clergy are the main beneficiaries of tithes in the selected new prophetic churches. This article reimagines the practice of tithing in these churches through social-scientific theory. The article argues that the proceeds of tithes should not only benefit the pastors but also the rest of the congregants, particularly those who are living in poverty and the marginalised. This is achieved by introducing the practice of tithing from a biblical and historical point of view. The article also outlines the practices of tithing in Pentecostalism and applies the same in new prophetic churches in South Africa. The aim of the article is to demonstrate that tithing has the potential to benefit society and deal with social ills such as poverty. </em></p> Mookgo Solomon Kgatle Copyright (c) 2025 Scriptura: Journal for Biblical, Theological and Contextual Hermeneutics 2025-04-22 2025-04-22 124 1 1 12 10.7833/124-1-2173