Outspoken Kenosha Pastor Who Planned to Endorse Ocasio-Cortez Resigns in Dispute with ELCA

Outspoken Kenosha pastor who planned to endorse Ocasio-Cortez resigns in dispute with ELCA

A progressive Lutheran pastor believes it was his moral obligation to endorse a presidential candidate. His bishop said the IRS doesn't allow it.

Pastor tests new IRS endorsement rule by backing AOC – and loses church

A Lutheran pastor in Wisconsin intended to test new Internal Revenue Service rules and endorse a candidate from the pulpit before his plan went wrong and left him without a church.The Rev. Jonathan Barker had planned to throw his support behind a Democratic candidate after the IRS appeared to carve ...

This Wisconsin pastor wrote a sermon endorsing AOC for president — then he lost his job

Far-right white evangelicals are applauding a new Internal Revenue Service (IRS) rule that allows pastors to make political endorsements in the pulpit, including the Family Research Council. But Christianity is far from monolithic, and individual churches don't necessarily approve of the practice even though the IRS is now allowing it.In Kenosha, Wisconsin, the Rev. Jonathan Barker found that out the hard way.Barker, until recently, preached at …