Well now... are Christians in better financial straits because they tithe.. or is it not more likely those who tithe happen to already have a better financial situation?
Southern poor whites and small town blacks are more apt to actually tithe (1/10/) than are most other Christians.
Such a ‘cynical’ view. I know, closely, a woman who was a single Mom, raising/supporting two sons on a very limited income, with NO paternal support. Praise be to God, she was making ends meet (sort of). And then, she got saved. And out of her meager income, she began tithing ....$40 a week. Her son asked why she was giving that $40, because they”couldn’t afford that.”
She replied that they could not afford NOT TO give that. She has since prospered.
Do we tithe to Get Gain? No.
We tithe to the church out of monies that God has provided us. I am convinced, through scripture, that tithing with a cheerful, giving heart will result in God providing for all your needs (not Wants).