Ordained Online
By: Amanda Salem
Updated: January 31, 2008
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
