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AMM Minister Samuel Heath has a calling: To operate on love and to officiate the hell out of weddings

AMM Minister Samuel Heath has a calling: To operate on love and to officiate the hell out of weddings

AMM Minister Samuel Heath is an LGBTQ wedding officiant who believes love is a calling & all people have a right to marry.

A Wedding Photographer Reminds Us Why The Big Picture Is The Most Important One

A Wedding Photographer Reminds Us Why The Big Picture Is The Most Important One

Small mistakes & accidents don't have to ruin your wedding photos OR your wedding day. Focus on the importance & deeper meaning of your wedding ceremony, because your mood is the one thing your wedding photographer can't fix in photoshop.

Indiana Attorney General Asks SCOTUS to Overturn Protections for Same-Sex Parents

Indiana Attorney General Asks SCOTUS to Overturn Protections for Same-Sex Parents

Indiana AG Hill asks the Supreme Court to reverse ruling allowing same-sex LGBTQ parents to be included on their children’s birth certificates.

Love til the Last: Helping a Dying Groom Marry His Soulmate

Love til the Last: Helping a Dying Groom Marry His Soulmate

How one wedding officiant created a custom ceremony script to celebrate the love between a groom dying of cancer & his soulmate.

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5 Surprising Book Recommendations for Wedding Officiants This Winter

Winter reading list! 5 books for wedding officiants on how to write a better wedding ceremony, love, marketing & working with couples, suggested by a successful AMM Officiant & booklover.

American Marriage Ministries just ordained our 750,000th minister today!

American Marriage Ministries just ordained our 750,000th minister today!

American Marriage Ministries ordained our 750,000th minister today! Online ordination provides officiant training for friends and family members who want to perform marriage because wedding officiants celebrate love & love is love is love.

Asked to Officiate a Wedding?

Follow these simple steps to perform marriage for friends and family.

We asked wedding officiants what to expect as COVID-19 heads into 2021

We asked wedding officiants what to expect as COVID-19 heads into 2021

American Marriage Ministries conducted a survey with officiants across the country, giving us unique and valuable insight into how American couples are planning and celebrating their weddings amidst the Coronavirus pandemic.

A majority of Wedding Officiants are seeing decreases in their role... is it time to freak out?

A majority of Wedding Officiants are seeing decreases in their role... is it time to freak out?

A nationwide survey found the role of the wedding officiant is changing as a result of the COVID 19 pandemic. What does it mean for the future of officiants?

Illustration of a groom putting a hand to his face with a worried expression - there is a green haze around his mouth, symbolizing that he is about to throw up

“I’m so nervous I could puke" - A wedding ceremony mishap and a quick-thinking officiant!

An officiant’s quick thinking and sense of humor saves the day when a groom’s anxiety makes him vomit during the wedding ceremony!

Charities We’re Supporting This Month

Charities We’re Supporting This Month

American Marriage Ministries is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. We support the arts, music and theater, environmental advocacy, news and education. See who we donated to October 2020! Get ordained and join us!

Minister Sam Heath performs a wedding for two grooms, who stand facing each other, holding hands.

When his church discriminated, this Minister turned to American Marriage Ministries

When mainstream churches discriminated against this LGBTQ minister, he got ordained by American Marriage Ministries so that he could join same-sex couples in marriage. AMM is a LGBTQ embracing church that believes all people are created equal.

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Introducing AMM’s Government Registration Guarantee -- Ordination Credentials recognized and accepted, or your money back!

The American Marriage Ministry Government Registration Guarantee ensures that your Ordination Credentials will be recognized and accepted, or we will issue a full refund on your purchase of credential documents.

“I do,” in the Nude: Officiating a Naturist Wedding

“I do,” in the Nude: Officiating a Naturist Wedding

What do officiants wear? It depends… Read how one officiant led a naturist wedding in a nudist community, but stayed true to her own personal wedding style.

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“Having the care of souls” as an online-ordained minister: How wedding officiant ministers exceed the legal standards of state marriage law requirements.

Tennessee lawmakers have incorrectly applied the phrase "having the care of souls" to discriminate against ministers that are ordained online. Learn how online ordained ministers meet all the requirements, and how they care for souls as wedding officiants in their communities.

Illustration of a wedding officiant performing a ceremony, with bride and groom holding hands. The background is a stylized teal, with a bright orange sun.

From Ordinary Officiant to High Priestess

HOW choosing a friend to officiate their wedding gave two essential workers the unconventional Solstice ceremony of their dreams while the city around them shut down.

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