Your online ordination with American Marriage Ministries empowers you to serve your congregation in meaningful ways. Learn about your congregation, ways to serve as an ordained minister, including as a wedding officiant and by officiating funerals and other ceremonies, and where AMM Ministers meet with the couples and families.

Pre-filed legislation in Wyoming could raise the legal age of consent to marry to 18 years old in 2023, with exceptions for 16 and 17 year olds with permission from a guardian and judge. Read about the proposed change to restrict child marriage, and other states that have recently limited underage marriages. (Wyoming House Bill 7)

Lawmakers in Virginia and Texas propose new legislation in 2023 to protect LGBTQ+ couples and families by repealing same-sex marriage bans from the states’ constitutions. Virginia House Joint Resolution 460 (VA HJR460) and Texas Senate Joint Resolution 15 (TX SJR15)

A fun New Year’s Eve Wedding Ceremony Script with a wine box unity ceremony, love letters, sweet resolutions for your marriage, a special seasonal reading of Rachel Bright’s love poem, "You Are The Bubbles," confetti toss, and more! Use this wedding officiant script as is, or personalize with your own NYE traditions.

Hágale al oficiante de su boda estas importantes preguntas para asegurarse de que ha encontrado a la mejor persona para oficiar su ceremonia. Antes de firmar un contrato, pregunte por la disponibilidad, la capacidad legal y la ordenación, cuánto costará su servicio, los honorarios adicionales, si asistirá a un ensayo o escribirá un guión personalizado para la ceremonia, y mucho más.

Choose one of these fun and affordable alternatives to a traditional wedding ceremony, including eloping, a sign and go marriage license signing ceremony, a second wedding ceremony, vow renewal, or delayed reception party, and more! Perfect for non-traditional couples, couples with kids, asking a friend to officiate, and anyone who wants a unique and original marriage ceremony.

Not inviting family to your wedding? No problem! Here’s how to have a fun friends only wedding ceremony. Choose the right friend to serve as wedding officiant, person of honor, special reader, walk you down the aisle, and more, and celebrate guilt-free without parents, grandparents, siblings, or other relatives on the guest list.

Ask your wedding officiant these important questions to make sure you’ve found the best person to officiate your ceremony. Before you sign a contract, ask about availability, legal standing and ordination, how much their service will cost, add-on fees, if they will attend a rehearsal or write a personalized ceremony script, and more.

A step-by-step guide to help you plan a wedding and get married in California - including how to find a wedding officiant, choose the best wedding venue, plan your ceremony, and how to apply for and return your California marriage license.

'Just us weddings' are sweet, simple, and oh so romantic. Just remember these 3 things to make sure your ceremony is legal, including if you can marry without an officiant, who can legally officiate a wedding in your state, and if you need a witness/ witnesses present to sign the marriage license.

Asked to officiate a winter wedding? Learn what clothes to wear as a wedding officiant during a winter wedding ceremony, depending on the couple and the type of wedding. Including tips on coats and outerwear, hats and gloves, shoes and boots, and formal and informal clothing for winter and holiday weddings.

A step-by-step guide to help you plan a wedding and get married in Colorado - including how to find a wedding officiant, information about self-uniting weddings and proxy marriages, how to choose the best wedding venue, plan your ceremony, and how to apply for and return your Colorado marriage license.

AMM surveyed 150 couples to see which type of officiant is most popular with newlyweds this year: a friend or family member ordained online, professional wedding officiants, clergy at a local brick-and-mortar church, or a clerk or judge in a courthouse wedding. The results show cost and convenience are important factors in deciding who will officiate your wedding, and can help vendors adjust to changes in the wedding industry.

The Southern Baptist Convention voted this week to expel Saddleback megachurch and Fern Creek Baptist because they have women pastors, and introduced an amendment to the church’s constitution that would explicitly restrict a woman from becoming ordained or holding a leadership position within the denomination.

Which is a better choice for wedding officiants in New York - the new One Day Marriage Officiant License or Online Ordination through American Marriage Ministries? This side by side comparison makes it easier to weigh the pros and cons of each option for a first-time officiant, including cost, wait time, requirements to apply, secular vs spiritual considerations, and more.

For a spooktacular ceremony! Whether you’re planning a spine-tingling themed Halloween wedding, an eerie autumn handfasting or vow renewal, or just love the idea ghosts and ghouls joining the wedding party, start planning with this list of the most haunted places to say 'I do' in the U.S. Featuring locations in some of America's most haunted cities, including Chicago, Savannah, Salem, St. Augustine, San Antonio, and beyond.

Everything you need to know to plan a celestial wedding ceremony during the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024, including theme and unity ceremony ideas, how to find an officiant or officiate, group and mass wedding inspiration, and the top cities to witness the totality – with a kiss!

Get inspired by this Midnight Wiccan Wedding Ceremony from the cult classic Charmed! Read Piper and Leo's wedding vows, see what supplies you'll need for your own witchy handfasting ritual, choose a friend or family member to serve as wedding officiant, gather your coven at the witching hour, and say 'I do' to love with a dash of Halliwell magic.

"Navigating Your Wedding Ceremony" is the latest one-of-a-kind guide for planning a one-of-a-kind wedding ceremony - brought to you by American Marriage Ministries and ordained AMM Minister and pro wedding officiant 'Officiant Amber' Olsen

Will a rise in weekday weddings impact marriage officiants in 2021? As more couples get married during the week, nontraditional ceremonies give officiants a chance to flourish.

Use unique interests & job skills to become a unique wedding officiant, with lessons from a hot air balloon wedding ceremony adventure, high above Las Vegas.