Russell Kelly

Russell Earl Kelly is an American Christian theologian, apologist, author, speaker and blogger. He writes non-fictional theological books. Russell is best known for evangelizing and debating why tithing 10% to one's church is not a Christian obligation. His conclusion places him in company with Christian leaders including John F. MacArthur, J. Vernon McGee and C. I. Scofield.

Kelly has been the subject of media coverage including participating in a live 90 minute tithing debate in London on Revelation TV. On November 23, 2007, the ''Wall Street Journal'' published an article by Suzanne Sataline, "The Backlash Against Tithing", to which Kelly was a major contributor. On March 2, 2008, Russell was featured on the ''CBS Sunday Morning'' news cover story, "To Tithe or Not to Tithe". He was subsequently mentioned in ''Charisma'' magazine online. Provided by Wikipedia