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News Articles
1078 DAYS AGO | 5.17.2022
Alaska considers new limits on the marriage of minors, updates to witness req...
Learn about proposed changes to Alaska marriage laws, including raising the minimum age to marry to 16, placing additional limits on child marriage, and redu...
1079 DAYS AGO | 5.16.2022
New script! Bilingual English-Spanish Wedding Ceremony with Written Vows
We’ve added a sweet bilingual wedding ceremony script in Spanish and English to our script library! It contains a heartfelt invocation, written vows, a passa...
1083 DAYS AGO | 5.12.2022
Inside Frankie Grande & Hale Leon’s Surprise Star Wars Wedding
From galactic glamor to sexy lightsabers and themed costumes: Celebrity wedding inspiration from Frankie Grande and Hale Leon surprise Star Wars Wedding Cer...
Ceremony Planning Articles
915 DAYS AGO | 10.27.2022
Unique Unity Ceremony with Tarot Reading on Love & Marriage
Ask your wedding officiant to perform this simple 6 card spread, 2 person tarot reading for marriage advice, strengths and challenges in the relationship, an...
917 DAYS AGO | 10.25.2022
Can you use a marriage license in another state?
Learn where and how to apply for a marriage license to get married in another state. Click now to start planning your dream destination wedding, plus tips fo...
917 DAYS AGO | 10.25.2022
5 Weird Unity Ceremony Ideas for Truly Unique Weddings
Embrace the weird in love and life! From wreaths made of human hair to leaping with your lover over a bonfire, these weird unity ceremony ideas are the perfe...
Religion and Rituals Articles
Community Articles
2126 DAYS AGO | 7.4.2019
Happy Birthday to Us: AMM Turns 10!
July 4th is most famous for... American Marriage Ministries celebrates another year of free ordination online with the support of our incredible ministers
2135 DAYS AGO | 6.25.2019
Crowds Grow at Memphis TN In-Person Ordination
Crowds showed up in Memphis Tennessee to get ordained before Tennessee's new marriage law goes into effect.
2137 DAYS AGO | 6.23.2019
The Balkanization of Southern Christianity, Jackson TN
Tennessee's new marriage law discriminates against thousands of small informal churches. We visited Jackson to talk to ministers and offer in-person ordinati...