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

An IRS clarification on churches endorsing political candidates to their congregations draws praise, concern from local ...

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

If a judge approves a proposed court order, the IRS will soon allow churches to endorse candidates from the pulpit again ...

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

The 1954 Johnson Amendment (the law barring all nonprofit organizations like churches from engaging in partisan politics) has ...

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

The IRS said in a court filing that churches whose pastors endorse political candidates from the pulpit shouldn't lose their ...

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 without risking the loss of their tax-exempt status, ...

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