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

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

A decades-old rule prohibited politicking from the pulpit. Without it, some worry churches could become “linchpins to sway ...

Florida houses of worship can now endorse political candidates in some cases, an exception created by the IRS recently.

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

For more than 70 years, federal law has prohibited pastors, priests, rabbis, and imams from endorsing political candidates from the pulpit. Now the IRS is letting it be known that it has no intention ...

I still won’t be. Because it wasn’t fear of jeopardizing my church’s tax exempt status that kept me quiet. It was fear of God ...

That’s what the IRS now claims, in a reversal from Biden-era positions. Could this embolden critics of religious liberty?

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

When you donate or pledge money to a religious institution, Uncle Sam does not take a bite of that cash. For years, the ...

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

A reinterpretation of a tax rule signals that houses of worship may now be able to endorse political candidates without losing tax-exempt status.