“Evangelical Churches Targeted In ‘Below The Radar’ Electioneering Scheme”
Americans United for the Separation of Church and State has this article on electioneering by houses of worship and the Religious Right.
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“How would Jesus vote?”
Read an article from the First Amendment Center about churches challenging the IRS law.
“Pre-Election Analysis: Politics in the Pulpit”
Read “Pre-Election Analysis: Politics in the Pulpit” from the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life.
“Charities, Churches and Politics”
Read a briefing on the rules regarding charities, churches and politics.
“Political and Lobbying Activities”
Read the full IRS rules for charities on political and lobbying activity.
“Tax Guide for Churches and Religious Organizations”
Read the Internal Revenue Service’s rules on tax exemption for religious groups.
Greg W. Hamilton
Greg W. Hamilton, president of the Vancouver, Wash.-based Northwest Religious Liberty Association, supports the idea of faith-based initiatives with an important qualification: He does not support government-funded faith-based groups discriminating in their hiring practices or offering sectarian programming. Hamilton is an ordained minister of the Seventh-day Adventist Church and a scholar of church-state issues.
Star Parker
Star Parker, founder of the Coalition on Urban Renewal and Education in Los Angeles, has expressed concerns about faith-based initiatives headed up by the government. Read a 2005 Agape Press interview posted by Crosswalk.com.
David Ryden
David Ryden is professor of political science at Hope College in Holland, Mich., and co-author of Of Little Faith: The Politics of George W. Bush’s Faith-Based Initiatives (Georgetown University Press, 2004).