Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Each year, hundreds of thousands of people become ministers through the Universal Life Church, a non-denominational religious ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Who did the honors: clergy, a justice of the peace or just a friend? More and more weddings are performed by someone ordained ...

Weddings in the state were thrown into uncertainty under the new law, which has been temporarily suspended after it was challenged in court. By Christine Hauser The house in Chattanooga, Tenn., was ...

The Universal Life Church Monastery, an Internet church that ordains ministers online, is suing Tennessee over a new law that would bar ministers ordained electronically from performing weddings in ...

MEMPHIS — While preparing a client's divorce petition, lawyer Larry Rice did a double take. He and his client started talking about mail-order ministers — such as those who receive ordination from the ...

“Doing it online is a means to an end, for me, so that Joe and Destiny can get married,” Pletcher said. Such reasoning is similar to pop star Robbie Williams’ use of online ordination through the ...

To legally officiate a wedding you must get ordained and register with local authorities so the marriage is recognized. Personalize the ceremony by meeting the couple, learning their story and writing ...

When Royce Brunson and Alyssa Choinski got engaged, Brunson wasn’t the only one who asked “Will you marry me?” Choinski also popped the question — to her grandmother. Choinski, 28, asked Barbara ...

Starting July 1, Tennessee law will change who can officiate weddings in the state. Gov. Bill Lee signed House Bill 213/Senate Bill 1377 last month, and the bill has now become Public Chapter 415. The ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Universal Life Church filed a lawsuit against Tennessee over a state law that bars marriages by ministers who are ordained online. The rule was passed through the state ...