What does Marx have to do with this thread?
What this pastor and church have done isn’t Marxism anymore than the Bible saying that a giving of the tithe in Deuteronomy 26:12 to the poor and widow every three years was Marxism.
Pastors and staff of churches that believe in tithing may not like reverse tithing (Deut. 26:12 was a form of it) but the Bible teaches it - so those who support and believe in tithing must also support reverse tithing, too, or be branded a hypocrite.
BTW, your talking of giving alms in secret was dealt with in the scriptures concerning those who were haughty and purposefully wanted to be seen of men: your extrapolation of this to mean all giving (be it alms or tithes) is an eisegetical reading of the scriptures. In the end, reverse tithing isn’t same as the giving of alms, as they are two different things per Deut. 26:12.
If I remember correctly, my response was geared to someone who appeared to think he was entitled to pass judgment on the giving of another. I vehemently disagree that we have any right whatsoever to pass judgment on what or how another person does for the poor.
What does Marx have to do with this? Was it not Marx who taught that the state could and should determine how much an individual should contribute to the “general welfare”? “From each, according to his means”? If you look carefully, you will find Marxist teachings everywhere in the current teachings of some churches.