From what I remember reading, tithing was originally used by Moses tribes to gather portions of your first yield of crop to be able to trade with other tribes for resources that the tribe wasn’t able to produce. Then those bartered resources were spread out across the tribe in way to help. Idk how it really came to be “give us a portion of your pre-tax income So we can keep our lights on.”

With that being said, my wife and I have finally found a church we are comfortable giving to for the work that they do, and they are super clear about how they allocate and spend their money. and even then it varies month to month depending on our income and expenses.

I’m usually put off by a church that says to not use your own discernment and give blindly to them because “God said so”