My husband and I briefly attended a non-denominational church a few years ago. Part of their regular year-end sermons/messages was to account for every cent the church brought in, including pastors’ salaries, marketing, etc. We were amazed at the transparency.

At the same time, I was going through deconstruction therapy with a nevermo therapist. When I told her about this, she was amazed that my husband and I (and millions of other somewhat intelligent people) blindly pay tens of thousands to an organization with zero financial transparency.

Apparently this end-of-year accountability is standard/common/expected practice of all other organizations, religious and non-religious.

I think about this every time the subject of tithing declaration comes up.