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Ordained Online

By: Amanda Salem
Updated: January 31, 2008
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You can do just about everything from shopping to renewing your driver’s license online.  Well, some websites claim you can be ordained as a minister just as easily.

 

 

 

Some websites say they have ordained as many as 20 million ministers in almost 50 years.  Many also claim it doesn't even take a test or an official form.  They say with just a few dollars, you can oversee weddings, officiate over funerals, and perform baptisms.  The sites even say you can start your own church and apply for tax-free status.

 

 

 

A Lubbock County Justice of the Peace says a marriage performed by a minister, ordained online or not, is valid.  In fact, marriage laws in the state of Texas say all the officiant needs is to be a minister of any denomination and that the license must be turned into the county court.

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