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

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

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

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

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

Ohio churches are having mixed reactions to news that the Internal Revenue Service will relax enforcement of the ban on ...

In a proposed legal settlement, the Internal Revenue Service has agreed that it will abandon enforcement of longstanding ...

The IRS says pastors endorsing political candidates during services should not risk losing their tax-exempt status.

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.

The Internal Revenue Service is proposing to give churches a greater role in politics, allowing them to endorse or speak ...

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