Tithing Practices Among Seventh-day Adventists: A Study of Tithe Demographics and Motives in Australia, Brazil, England, Kenya and the United States (Revised Edition)

ABOUT THIS BOOKThis book provides answers to the following questions:• “What is the tithing behavior of the different age-groups that make up the congregationsfound in Seventh-day Adventist churches?”• “What is motivating Seventh-day Adventists to tithe?”The answers are based on the results of the analysis of more than 118,000 separatetithe receipts and the responses of over 8,000 surveys collected in five countries.WHO WOULD BE INTERESTED IN THIS BOOK?• Academics and researchers who are interested in the demographics of andmotivations for giving behavior;• Professionals such as church pastors, church administrators, stewardship directors,church treasurers, and others who are interested in what is motivating churchmembers to tithe, and the various factors that influence giving;• Anybody who is interested in patterns of and motives for giving.PRAISE FOR THIS BOOK“Associate Professor Rob McIver has written an impeccably researched and forensicallyanalysed study of tithing practices, and their rationale, in Seventh-day Adventistcommunities.” Emeritus Professor Paul Beirne, Dean and CEO of Melbourne College of Divinity / MCD University of Divinity 2001-2012; currently Director, Heart of Life Spirituality Centre.“This book ... [reports] quality research across a diverse demographic that providessignificant insight into Seventh-day Adventist tithing practices and patterns. It will be ofmost value to church administrators, church pastors and stewardship directors.” Dr Brad Kemp, President of the New Zealand Pacific Union of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

Robert K McIver (Rob) began his professional career as a teacher of mathematics in a government high school in Christchurch, New Zealand. Since then he has been a student (twice), a church pastor, and from 1988 he has spent most of his time researching, writing and lecturing in the Seminary at Avondale College of Higher Education, NSW, Australia. Among his other roles he is editor of Avondale Academic Press, chair of the Academic Board of Avondale College, director of the Avondale Spirituality and Worship Research Centre, a husband, and a father of two beautiful daughters. He has wide research interests, and has published in many scholarly journals, including Australian Religion Studies Review, Monash Bioethics Review, New Testament Studies and Applied Cognitive Psychology. Rob's published books include: Memory, Jesus and the Synoptic Gospels; Mainstream or Marginal: The Matthean Community in Early Christianity; and The Four Faces of Jesus.