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Alaska considers new limits on the marriage of minors, updates to witness requirements

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...

New script! Bilingual English-Spanish Wedding Ceremony with Written Vows

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...

Inside Frankie Grande & Hale Leon’s Surprise Star Wars Wedding

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...

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Ceremony Planning Articles

Unique Unity Ceremony with Tarot Reading on Love & Marriage

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...

A bride signs the marriage license as the groom watches.

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...

5 Weird Unity Ceremony Ideas for Truly Unique Weddings

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...

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Photo shows several AMM employees, as well as AMM's CEO Lewis and founder Glen.

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

Two young people stand in colorful rainbow colored clothing outdoors, holding up their minister credentials following an in-person ordination event held by American Marriage Ministries in Tennessee. They are smiling and posing for the camera.

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.

The Balkanization of Southern Christianity, Jackson TN

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...

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