Alpo Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 There are places, commonly found advertising in the back pages of magazines, where if you mail them some money they will mail you back something that says you are an ordained minister of their Church. I was just wondering if them being an ordained minister allowed them to perform weddings? I see more weddings on the silver screen than I have in real life, and they always end with, "the power vested in me by the state of wherever, or by the city of Mumble mumble". That tells me that it is the legality of the marriage that is being mentioned. I seldom hear, "what God has joined together let no man put asunder", which would be the religiousness of the marriage. If I were to show up in, let's say Springfield Missouri, with a piece of paper that says I am an ordained minister, how could I go about getting "power vested in me" by Missouri? Or would the simple fact that I am an ordained minister be enough? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 Call the Missouri Ministry of Ordination and Canine Apprehension and Detainment Department at 888-LICENSE....WWW. MomoCaDD.com. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kloehr Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 Universal Life Church would fit the description. From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_status_of_the_Universal_Life_Church Good to go in Missouri. But each "green" state might have some registration requirement... Guessing either state or county level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crooked River Pete, SASS 43485 Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 I worked with one of those ministers, his mother got it for him thinking it would keep him out of Vietnam. I don't know if he had to get something from the state, but he did preform marriages and was said to be quite good at it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 I had a friend who got a JP (Justice of the Peace). His sig line was “I’ll marry anybody for five bucks.” The state mandated fee was $5. I took him up on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 A friend wanted me to perform the nuptials. I had to get a Notary Public cert. cost 20 bucks as I recall. I think the ordained minister thing depends on the state. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 I seem to remember you could get a ministers papers from a matchbook! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgavin Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 Yes. My wife and I became "Mail Order Ministers" many years ago. My youngest daughter (35) just become one, so she could officiate the wedding of her friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edward R S Canby, SASS#59971 Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 16 hours ago, John Kloehr said: Universal Life Church would fit the description. From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_status_of_the_Universal_Life_Church Good to go in Missouri. But each "green" state might have some registration requirement... Guessing either state or county level. I remember this outfit from the '70s. My recollection is that you could be ordained for $5 but a Doctor of Divinity degree cost $20. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 For my first semester at San Francisco State College I lived in Verducci Hall, the brand-new, 14-story dormitory. The old saying was that that roommates were issued with the furniture. I got a sofa-bed, desk, chair, wastebasket, and the Reverend Ivan Jacob Finman. Ivan was an Orthodox Jewish Buddhist Universal Life Church Reverend. For the then princely sum of twenty bucks he had gotten his official "Doctor of Divinity" certificate. He also dabbled in Hinduism and chanted "Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, Nam-myoho-renge-kyo…” over and over and over for hours at a time. The dude was a one-man culture shock for this Baptist country boy from West Texas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Dan Dawkins Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 My cousin did this to preside over our wedding, but we basically did all the paperwork ourselves at the courthouse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irish Tom Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 Alpo, I have no idea about the minister thing, but if you come to Springfield, there's 4 clubs close by and a cowboy shoot every weekend. Irish Tom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watab kid Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 i think its all about the tax status and gettin free food at weddings and funerals myself , Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace_of_Hearts Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 On 11/28/2020 at 4:46 PM, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said: I had a friend who got a JP (Justice of the Peace). His sig line was “I’ll marry anybody for five bucks.” The state mandated fee was $5. I took him up on it. You married a Justice of the Peace??????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badlands Bob #61228 Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 My question is, Why is Alpo looking for a shady preacher to perform a ceremony? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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