Home›Sources›The Satanic Temple Is a Real Religion, Says IRS (Religion News Service, 2019)SourcesThe Satanic Temple Is a Real Religion, Says IRS (Religion News Service, 2019)News ReportCitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "The Satanic Temple Is a Real Religion, Says IRS (Religion News Service, 2019)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/religionnews-2019-satanic-temple-irs-recognition.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). The Satanic Temple Is a Real Religion, Says IRS (Religion News Service, 2019). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/religionnews-2019-satanic-temple-irs-recognitionCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-the-satanic-temple-is-a-real-religion-sa, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {The Satanic Temple Is a Real Religion, Says IRS (Religion News Service, 2019)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/religionnews-2019-satanic-temple-irs-recognition}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXNews report on the US Internal Revenue Service's April 2019 recognition of The Satanic Temple as a church and tax exempt religious organization, the first such recognition for a Satanic organization.FactsSourcesClaims Backed By This Source (7 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsCitationPublisherWell-attestedReligion News ServiceURLWell-attestedhttps://religionnews.com/2019/04/25/the-satanic-temple-is-a-real-religion-says-irs/Source TypeWell-attestednewsAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested2Tier 2: independent religion-press journalism reporting on an IRS determination, not itself the primary IRS document.SourcesThe Satanic Temple Is a Real Religion, Says IRS (Religion News Service, 2019)tier 2Religion News ServiceView the SourceClaims Backed By This Source (7 claims)This source backs 7 claims across the atlas. As facts: 6 well-attested. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicSources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.Denominations, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.Well-attested6DenominationsThe Satanic TempleSourcesThe Satanic Temple Is a Real Religion, Says IRS (Religion News Service, 2019)General References1DenominationsThe Satanic TempleComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year