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

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

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

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

IRS says it will no longer penalize houses of worship for endorsing political candidates during religious services, as long ...

Nor was it just that right-wing ministers were expressing Republican-shaped views about everything from LGBTQ rights to tax laws from the pulpit. Outside church walls, the massive ecosphere of ...

Churches thinking of taking advantage of a major IRS flip-flop on the legality of engaging in politics without fear of losing ...

A surprise move by the IRS that would allow pastors to back political candidates from the pulpit without losing their ...

IRS repeal of church political restrictions energizes GOP strategies but alienates the faithful who value spiritual over ...

"Ours is not a blue or red diocese, but a purple one, and above all, a Christian one." 2 News Oklahoma's Braden Bates shares ...

Two East Texas churches, Sand Springs Church in Athens and First Baptist Church Waskom, were among the plaintiffs in the ...

The Internal Revenue Service’s proposed consent decree with religious organizations to allow churches to speak about ...