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

New interpretation of tax law is a win for conservative Christians who have long opposed the Johnson Amendment.

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

The agency's agreement in a court filing formally reverses a decades-old provision of the tax code, but the motion would need ...

The Catholic Church “maintains its stance of not endorsing or opposing political candidates,” said U.S. Conference of ...

The IRS says pastors who endorse political candidates from the pulpit should not have to risk losing their tax-exempt status.

Comparing it to a family discussion, the Internal Revenue Service agreed on Monday that pastors and other religious leaders ...

Churches can speak about candidates from the pulpit without risking their nonprofit status, the IRS said in a court filing ...

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

The IRS this week backed off a decades-old rule that churches and other nonprofits can openly endorse political candidates ...

Since 1954, the IRS has banned nonprofits — including congregations — from participating in political campaigns.

It’s another blow to church-state separation just in time to get conservative churches revved up for the midterms.