Pastors have always had the right to pray, vote, and engage, but now they will also have the freedom to endorse candidates if ...

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

The 1954 Johnson Amendment (the law barring all nonprofit organizations like churches from engaging in partisan politics) has ...

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 ...

The IRS announced churches can endorse political candidates without penalty, but Oklahoma Bishop Poulson Reed advises against ...

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 ...

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

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