"Actually, it's an IRS admission — nothing has changed," Blair said. "I guess the confusion is over. ... I've never been worried about it. I knew the law was on our side."

The IRS says pastors who endorse political candidates from the pulpit shouldn't have to risk their churches losing their tax-exempt status.

The IRS wrote in a new court filing that it had jointly agreed with two Texas churches and an association of Christian broadcasters that sued the IRS that religious institutions should be exempt from...