Did LDS tithing go toward City Creek Center? Answer may depend on how you define tithing.
Some members see a difference between those donations and earnings from them; others don’t. Either way, Mormonism has always been about the spiritual and the temporal.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) City Creek Center in Salt Lake City on Monday, Aug. 23, 2021. Funding the mall's construction is at the heart of a tithing dispute raised in a federal lawsuit.
Hired in 1991 to cover Utah's various faiths, particularly Mormonism, Peggy has talked forgiveness with Archbishop Desmond Tutu, nearly fainted waiting for the Dalai Lama, fasted with Muslims during Ramadan — and has reported on 50 consecutive semiannual LDS General Conferences.