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As if everyday life in these United States wasn’t politicized enough, your local house of worship could soon become a part of ...
There’s only one known instance of a church losing its tax-exempt status because it violated the Johnson Amendment, but ...
A 2019 survey by Pew Research found that 76% of Americans and 70% of Christians say clergy should not endorse candidates from ...
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 agreed in a court filing that churches can endorse political candidates without fear of losing ...
In court filings July 7, the IRS has largely backed down on a decades-old rule that barred churches from engaging in ...
In a proposed legal settlement, the Internal Revenue Service has agreed that it will abandon enforcement of longstanding ...
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 ...
The Black church has always been more than a place of worship—it’s been a hub for liberation and justice. From slavery to ...
That’s what the IRS now claims, in a reversal from Biden-era positions. Could this embolden critics of religious liberty?
As socially-engaged New York City faith leaders who for decades have preached “with the Bible in one hand and the newspaper ...
The IRS' decision circumvents a decades-old ban on political activity by tax-exempt nonprofits.  The Johnson ...