Become Ordained to Perform Same Sex Weddings
Same Sex Weddings Now Legal in Nine States Nov. 6, 2012 witnessed four major victories in the fight for complete marriage equality in the United States. The first of these victories came when Minnesota voters defeate ...
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Announcing the “How Do I Get Ordained” Series
About the "How Do I Get Ordained" Series The Universal Life Church staff recognizes that your presence on getordained.org may be due more to your interest in the process of ordination than in the ULC i ...
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Become Ordained as a Non Denominational Minister
Why You Should Become a Minister Using Get Ordained™ Any given layperson, or someone who is not a member of the clergy, must become ordained in order to be a minister. The world's religions view the ordination p ...
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How to Be a Minister
What it Means to Be a Minister The world's many faith traditions use a variety words to refer to their spiritual leaders, such as pastor, rabbi, priest, and imam. However, all of these positions can be described by th ...
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How to Perform a Wedding
Perform a Wedding as a ULC Minister The most commonly-performed ministerial service provided by Universal Life Church ministers is the solemnization of weddings. Any ULC minister can perform a wedding in 48 U.S. state ...
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Be Ordained Through the Universal Life Church
What It Means To Be Ordained Be ordained through the ULC and be able to perform weddings, funerals, and baptismal ceremonies.* The ordination process has both spiritual and legal meanings that vary greatly from rel ...
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Why the Universal Life Church "Scam" is a Myth
The very idea of an online church rankles some people. These ill-informed individuals rush to judgment, yet rarely take the time to research the Universal Life Church before calling it a scam. Common arguments made by ou ...
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History of the Universal Life Church
The Universal Life Church (ULC) is a modern, non-denominational church started by Kirby J. Hensley. This new approach to religion, first known as the "Life Church", began in 1959 in Modesto, California and has since come ...
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Free Online Ordination With Get Ordained™
Why You Should Become a Minister at Get Ordained™ Anyone from anywhere in the world can become a minister legally with Get Ordained™ to be a minister through the ULC We are all children of the same univer ...
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Can I Become a Minister using Get Ordained™?
In short: YES! Anyone can use Get Ordained™, as long as they are of age and have the ability to go online. Becoming ordained used to be a process that took a lot of hard work and many years of study in a theologica ...
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