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

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

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

The Johnson Amendment has been used to chill free speech in churches. The IRS finally changed the rule in a recent decision.

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

The policy change reverses a ban on endorsing or opposing candidates by religious organizations known as the Johnson ...

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

This week, the Internal Revenue Service quietly ratified a change to its longstanding rules on allowing certain nonprofit groups, like churches, to take on political stances. News of the policy change ...

"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 ...

Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Oklahoma Poulson reed shared a message in support of the separation between Church and ...

"I knew the law was on our side," the pastor of Liberty Baptist Church said after the IRS stated in a court filing that ...