The IRS prohibits tax-exempt organizations, such as churches, from endorsing political candidates for public office. Most ministers abide by this rule.
Last year LifeWay Research reported that 90 percent of Protestant pastors agree that they should not endorse candidates from the pulpit, even though 44 percent of them personally endorse candidates.
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Ask An Atheist: Do you celebrate Christmas?
I do indeed celebrate Christmas, though obviously as a secular holiday. So as the mood takes me, Christmas tree and decorations go up, and I play Christmas albums and movies all the rest.
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Eric Blauer, on Preaching politics is always OK
Mark, Tricky? I don’t think so at all from my reading. I’m not talking about establishing a theocra...
Mark Hilditch, on Preaching politics is always OK
Churches should not be tax-exempt and they ought to be free to endorse any candidate or issue they c...
Amy Rice, on Why go to church?
Eric, I read once that used in the context of Christian practice, fellowship must be more than just...
Amy Rice, on Why go to church?
Liv, This reminds me of a great pastor joke: A mother called her son one Sunday morning, to get ou...
Amy Rice, on Why go to church?
Bruce, Eric Liddell (Chariots of Fire) might have something to say about that. : ) http://www.imdb....
