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

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.

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

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 ...

The IRS made headlines this week with a quiet but significant policy shift: Churches can now formally endorse political ...

The agency's agreement in a court filing formally reverses a decades-old provision of the tax code, but the motion would need ...

Since 1954, the IRS has banned nonprofits — including congregations — from participating in political campaigns. The agency ...

Churches and other houses of worship can endorse political candidates to their congregations without risking losing their ...

The change in IRS code came after a lawsuit tried to challenge the Johnson Amendment, a longstanding principle of separation ...