Despite the IRS lifting its ban on churches endorsing political candidates, I still won’t be. Because it wasn’t fear of ...

As if everyday life in these United States wasn’t politicized enough, your local house of worship could soon become a part of ...

The rule was introduced by former President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1954 when he was serving as the U.S. Senate majority leader.

A 2019 survey by Pew Research found that 76% of Americans and 70% of Christians say clergy should not endorse candidates from ...

Florida houses of worship can now endorse political candidates in some cases, an exception created by the IRS recently.

In 2024, two churches and a religious organization filed a lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), claiming that ...

Comparing it to a family discussion, the Internal Revenue Service agreed on Monday that pastors and other religious leaders ...

In court filings July 7, the IRS has largely backed down on a decades-old rule that barred churches from engaging in ...

A reinterpretation of a tax rule signals that houses of worship may now be able to endorse political candidates without losing tax-exempt status.

Although seldom enforced, The Johnson Act has long been a source of tension between religious groups and federal regulators.

The IRS said in a court filing that churches whose pastors endorse political candidates from the pulpit shouldn't lose their ...

The IRS says pastors who endorse political candidates from the pulpit should not have to risk losing their tax-exempt status.