This reporting of ordained female ministers highlights the importance for churches not just to acknowledge a woman’s call to ...

Shepherd of the Prairie Lutheran Church in Huntley recently acknowledged a very special occasion at the church during its services on June 11. Senior Pastor Mark Boster acknowledged the extraordinary ...

CINCINNATI (CN) — A nondenominational church based in Seattle and several of its members cannot fight Tennessee’s ban on internet-ordained ministers solemnizing marriages via claims against state ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) – American Marriage Ministries hosted in-person ordinations on Wednesday for online ordained ministers as a way for them to stay in compliance with a new Tennessee law that ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee law barring ministers ordained online from officiating at marriage ceremonies is being challenged in federal court. The Universal Life Church Monastery is suing to ...

Maskil Fellowship International Inc. celebrated the ordination of five ministers and one pastor Aug. 3 at Your Son, Our Savior Church, 3233 Pearl Ave. in Lorain, according to a news release. The ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – An online church is in Nashville working around a new marriage law in Tennessee. Starting July 1, people who were ordained online won’t be able to legally perform marriages.

Each year, hundreds of thousands of people become ministers through the Universal Life Church, a non-denominational religious organization that ordains anyone who wants (for free) and advocates for ...

Feb. 17—Fitzwilliam Community Church is celebrating the 250th anniversary of the ordination of its first minister, Benjamin Brigham. According to a history written by church trustee Allen Cates, ...

The four Internet church ministers, on a road trip across Tennessee to ordain more than 1,500 people in less than 10 days, fight about only one thing: Carly Rae Jepsen. The ministers in the rented ...

Deacon Drake A. McCalister poses with Bishop Jeffrey M. Monforton of Steubenville, Ohio, at Holy Family Church following his ordination as a transitional deacon June 29, 2018. McCalister has been ...

Weddings in the state were thrown into uncertainty under the new law, which has been temporarily suspended after it was challenged in court. By Christine Hauser The house in Chattanooga, Tenn., was ...