How is bringing “tithes into the storehouse” different from a charitable contribution?

Thomas R. Valletta

“We pay tithing, as the Savior taught, by bringing the tithes ‘into the storehouse’ (3 Nephi 24:10; Malachi 3:10). We do this by paying our tithing to our bishop or branch president. We do not pay tithing by contributing to our favorite charities. The contributions we should make to charities come from our own funds, not from the tithes we are commanded to pay to the storehouse of the Lord” (Oaks, “Tithing,” 35).

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