IRS rule change allows churches to endorse political candidates without losing tax-exempt status.

The IRS has issued a new interpretation of the 1954 Johnson Amendment, allowing churches and nonprofits to endorse political candidates without risking their tax-exempt status. The move is praised by conservatives and some progressives but concerns others over potential campaign finance corruption and entanglement of church and state. The IRS clarified that in-good-faith communications from a church to its congregation do not count as political intervention.