Earlier this month, another legal challenge was filed which challenges the government’s provision of a “parsonage allowance” for ministers. As ministers (and churches) make plans for the future–both in church budgets and minister’s housing arrangements, this challenge should be watched.
Opening briefs were filed with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco in a lawsuit against a centuries-old practice of giving ministers a “parsonage allowance” or tax exemption for their housing.
More details on the initiation of the lawsuit and some of the early questions appears at the website of Pacific Justice: pacificjustice.org.