The IRS will let churches endorse candidates from the pulpit, overthrowing six decades of nonprofit regulation. It's a move ...

In a joint court filing intended to end an ongoing case against the IRS, the tax collection agency and the National Religious ...

The Christian Post reached out to a couple of churches involved in Pulpit Freedom Sunday to get their perspectives on the IRS ...

When the IRS announced recently that it would not enforce a section of federal law commonly called the Johnson Amendment, many clerics rejoiced. The Johnson Amendment — named for its author, then-Sen.

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

Free speech doesn’t stop at the church door,” writes former Broward GOP executive director Lauren Cooley. The IRS’ recent ...

Notwithstanding the consent decree, it's an open question whether the US Supreme Court would go along with voiding the Johnson Amendment.

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

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

The rule was introduced by former President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1954 when he was serving as the U.S. Senate majority leader. It banned all tax-exempt organizations like churches and charities from ...

The decades-old Johnson Amendment does not apply to speech by houses of worship to its congregation through “customary channels of communication,” the IRS said in a July 7 court filing in the ...

The IRS announced churches can endorse political candidates through an exemption in the Johnson Amendment. The announcement came in a settlement of a lawsuit brought by two Texas churches.