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

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

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

The top House Republican argued the phrase “separation of church and state” was a personal adage from Thomas Jefferson meant ...

The Rev. L.K. Floyd believes church leaders should have the liberty to speak to their congregations and support certain ...

In a break with decades of tradition, the Internal Revenue Service says it will allow houses of worship to endorse candidates ...

Churches and other houses of worship can endorse political candidates without risking the loss of their tax-exempt status, the Internal Revenue Service said in a legal document the tax-collection ...

The IRS said in a court filing that churches whose pastors endorse political candidates from the pulpit shouldn't lose their ...

Republicans have run the table with religious voters. This Religious Left leader says Democrats can now fight for faith ...

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