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You have come to the right place if you are looking to become ordained in Alabama and start doing wedding ceremonies as a full time or part time occupation, or just perform one wedding or more for family and friends. We also give you the full authority of an ordained and licensed minister in Alabama with authority to begin an independent church or ministry anytime you wish. World Christianship Ministries has extensive, direct experience in performing wedding ceremonies in homes, parks, gardens, the ocean, the mountains, basically wherever the couple wishes to get married. At World Christianship Ministries you can receive the authority of ordination, the right to perform wedding ceremonies, and you can call the ministry anytime you wish with questions about doing marriage ceremonies. When you do call you can be assured you will be talking to a minister that has extensive experience in performing wedding ceremonies and can answer your questions in a professional manner. To learn more about what this ministry offers we suggest you take our Guided Site Tour which starts by clicking the RED Guided site tour links here. Persons authorized to solemnize
marriages in Alabama (a) Generally. Marriages may be
solemnized by any licensed minister of the gospel in regular communion
with the
Christian church or society of which the minister is a member; by an
active or retired
judge of the Supreme Court, Court of Criminal Appeals, Court of Civil
Appeals,
any circuit court, or any district court within this state; by a judge
of any
federal court; or by an active or retired judge of probate. (b) Pastor of religious society;
clerk of society to maintain register of marriages; register, etc.,
deemed
presumptive evidence of fact. Marriage may also be solemnized by the
pastor of
any religious society according to the rules ordained or custom
established by
such society. The clerk or keeper of the minutes of each society shall
keep a
register and enter therein a particular account of all marriages
solemnized by
the society, which register, or a sworn copy thereof, is presumptive
evidence
of the fact. (c) Quakers, Mennonites, or other
religious societies. The people called Mennonites, Quakers, or any
other
Christian society having similar rules or regulations, may solemnize
marriage
according to their forms by consent of the parties, published and
declared
before the congregation assembled for public worship. (Code
1852, §§1946-1948; Code 1867, §§2335-2337; Code
1876, §§2674-2676; Code 1886,
§§2311-2313; Code 1896, §§2841-2843; Code 1907,
§§4881-4883; Code 1923,
§§8995-8997; Code 1940, T. 34, §§6-8; Acts 1988,
No. 88-551, p. 867; Act
2003-303, p. 721, §1; Act 2004-485, p. 903, §1.)
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