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 ...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday welcomed the Internal Revenue Service's decision that houses of worship could ...

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

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

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

An IRS clarification on churches endorsing political candidates to their congregations draws praise, concern from local ...

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

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

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 ...

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