IRS to Issue Guidance on Politics in Church After Court Ruling

The IRS and Treasury Department will release guidance on political endorsements by churches and other religious groups after a federal court dismissed an agreement between the government and churches allowing more political speech.

Guidance will provide “clear, administrable standards for houses of worship, including how the law applies to certain communications made within the context of religious services,” Treasury said in a release Friday. Timing will be determined later this year.

A Texas judge on March 31 rejected a proposed agreement between the IRS and National Religious Broadcasters to allow religious leaders to endorse candidates, saying the court lacked the ...