The Rev. Jay Voorhees, pastor of Old Hickory United Methodist Church, said the average housing allowance for a Methodist pastor in Tennessee is about $12,000 a year.

Unless the minister has filed a timely form to be exempt from self-employment tax under code section 1402(e) or a valid vow of poverty was done, the housing allowance is subject to self-employment tax ...

MADISON, Wis. (CN) – Siding with an atheist group, a federal judge in Wisconsin ruled Friday that an income tax exemption for housing for members of the clergy violates the establishment clause ...

A federal appeals court has ruled that the clergy housing allowance authorized by the Internal Rev­enue Service is constitutional. The Freedom from Religion Foun­dation had argued successfully in a ...

As a leader in the black church, I know that churches — and pastors specifically — are key to black communities flourishing in America. We need the services provided to the community by… ...