Houses of worship can endorse political candidates without losing tax-exempt status

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom

Published July 10, 2025 at 8:56 AM PDT

Here & Now‘s Asma Khalid speaks with Ed Stetzer, dean of the school of theology at Biola University in Southern California, about a legal settlement reached this week between the Internal Revenue Service and the National Religious Broadcasters organization that allows houses of worship and other nonprofits to endorse political candidates without losing their tax-exempt status.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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