"...multiple pastors had told him they would quote the Sermon on the Mount, specifically the part that says to 'turn the other cheek,' when preaching. Someone would come up after the service and ask, 'Where did you get those liberal talking points?'"
https://newrepublic.com/post/174950/christianity-today-editor-evangelicals-call-jesus-liberal-weak
Seated across from #Trump that April night, Robert Jeffress, pastor of First Baptist Dallas, told the president about how his #church faced an #IRS inquiry over its #TaxExempt status under the #Biden admin, after hosting a rally with #political figures.
Franklin Graham, the son of the #evangelist Billy Graham, who runs a large ministry with his father’s name, chimed in that his groups had faced similar IRS inquiries during President Barack #Obama’s tenure.
At #Trump’s request, Jeffress’s #church sent the White House Faith Office a 7-page letter outlining what it called “wrongful weaponization” of the #law & the “unlawful targeting of our church.” The letter, obtained by NYT, included recommended actions, & a mention of a Texas lawsuit, which offered a vehicle to declare that the law was wrong.
3 months later, #conservative#Christians scored a major victory.
#TaxLaw#Christianity#Evangelism#NewApostolicReformation#ChurchAndState#TaxExempt
How #Conservative#Christians Cracked a 70-Year-Old #Law
The #IRS recently said that #churches could endorse #political candidates from the pulpit, a break from a longstanding interpretation of American #nonprofit law.
#law#TaxLaw#Trump#Christianity#Evangelism#NewApostolicReformation#NAR#ChurchAndState#TaxExempt
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/us/johnson-amendment-church-free-speech.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
In the Blue Room of the White House, once the cameras recording the Easter prayer service cut off, the conversation at #Trump’s dinner table turned to one of the biggest political goals for #conservative#Christian activists — eliminating a #law that banned #churches, & other #TaxExempt charitable groups, from endorsing #political candidates.
#TaxLaw#Christianity#Evangelism#NewApostolicReformation#NAR#ChurchAndState#TaxExempt
How #Conservative#Christians Cracked a 70-Year-Old #Law
The #IRS recently said that #churches could endorse #political candidates from the pulpit, a break from a longstanding interpretation of American #nonprofit law.
#law#TaxLaw#Trump#Christianity#Evangelism#NewApostolicReformation#NAR#ChurchAndState#TaxExempt
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/us/johnson-amendment-church-free-speech.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
