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"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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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

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

The IRS now allows churches to support political candidates without losing tax-exempt status, raising both praise and ...

The IRS says it's OK for churches to endorse political candidates without risking their tax-exempt status, but local pastors ...

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