Mark Victor Hansen’s 90 day Tithing Challenge (Week 1)

There is nothing like an old-style Baptist church service. The sounds coming from a Hammond organ, the harmony of a trio choir with a twenty-five member congregation leading their voices to 20th-century hymns, and an old-school pastor who knows how to use his voice in a way that seems like he’s singing his own hymn while reading verses from the bible can be experienced every Sunday at 11:00 a.m at the New Haven Missionary Baptist Church, 4413 S. Indiana Ave.

I was introduced to Rev. Clement J. Townsend Sr., Pastor for New Haven by the security guard that stands outside and watches the cars in the church parking lot. Pastor Townsend greeted me in the church basement as he fellowship with his staff members before service.

I was able to tithe one week of my check to New Haven in the amount of $20.00. Next week, if I’m not working on Sunday, I plan on tithing the other week to a new church as I try and find a church home.