The IRS made headlines this week with a quiet but significant policy shift: Churches can now formally endorse political ...

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

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

There’s only one known instance of a church losing its tax-exempt status because it violated the Johnson Amendment, but ...

IRS says it will no longer penalize houses of worship for endorsing political candidates during religious services, as long ...

Gavin Newsom (D), who is widely considered to be a leading contender for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination in ...

If a judge approves a proposed court order, the IRS will soon allow churches to endorse candidates from the pulpit again ...

Nor was it just that right-wing ministers were expressing Republican-shaped views about everything from LGBTQ rights to tax laws from the pulpit. Outside church walls, the massive ecosphere of ...

"Ours is not a blue or red diocese, but a purple one, and above all, a Christian one." 2 News Oklahoma's Braden Bates shares ...

Churches thinking of taking advantage of a major IRS flip-flop on the legality of engaging in politics without fear of losing ...

Explore how churches endorse political candidates without losing tax-exempt status according to the IRS guidelines.

Two East Texas churches, Sand Springs Church in Athens and First Baptist Church Waskom, were among the plaintiffs in the ...