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Most of those places the credentials you are issued are not worth the paper they are written on. Also and I am not sure about the laws in every state but in PA where I live the law says that you must be serving a congregation that has regularly scheduled meetings


Now this could be once a year from all I know (I guess like if you were a druid or something they would have to accep this)

But I digress you must be recognized by a standing congregation as the minister to be able to legally do a wedding.

I know that in about half the states those paper mills are not accepted credentials.


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Thats another story entirely.

How a school is set up matters not
Liberty University now has extension classes.
Its just a matter of using technology.

My own ministry has a hybrid school that I teach in
Hybrid in that we have some students locally and some
that are extension. The Students that are remote participate
in classes using VoIP technology.

However we do not ordain save we lay hands on the person
ie we are not going to send you a certificate in the mail.


What I was talking about was these places that you pay a fee
and they "ordain" you.


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I agree some of them are not worth the time. On the other hand, some are. It depends on how they are set up. I don't think sending in $50 to be ordained is right. I believe that you must get to know the person first. Then once they have shown that they have knowledge, then proceed with ordination.
 
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glenn_scott said:
Are these places that you can become ordained online acceptable? Is online bible study a good way to become ordained? I would love to be able to perform weddings and funerals and am considering something like this but fear I wouldn't be taken seriously.
Ordination is a grate deal the blessing from God and from lokal church.
Church entrust this one and ordenat he for the certain serves. So exist church – exist ordination.
 
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Hm... Well, you could go that route... but there is more to ordination than getting stuff done online. And being an online minister is different than being an in-person kind of guy. Much different.

I don't know what the laws are like in the States, or even in the rest of the world, but I know that in Ontario (and also British Columbia, both provinces in Canada), in order to be able to legally perform marriage ceremonies that are recognized by the state, you must be an employee of a denomination or group that has been in existance for at least 25 years. And in BC (among other provinces) you must also agree to do homosexual marriages... though that is currently in flux for the entire country. Much prayers will be very much appreciated...

What I know some people do, and I intend to go this route, is to pursue the option of having two separate services... a civil service, which is the legal contract that you are signing and the registration with the country in saying that you are now married, and a church service that may have no official paper work, but is a significant ceremony for the couple before God...

Regarding ordination by the traditional route within any given denomination, I think you would need to go through the hoops of that specific denomination... and correct me if I'm wrong, but I think there is a stipulation with most denominations that says that you must already be serving in ministry for at least a year, and that you must have taken courses x, y, and z at any one of that denomination's recognized seminaries. (or even an entire degree at that seminary)...
 
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glenn_scott said:
Are these places that you can become ordained online acceptable? Is online bible study a good way to become ordained? I would love to be able to perform weddings and funerals and am considering something like this but fear I wouldn't be taken seriously.


No, they are not taken seriously for the most part.
 
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In my opinion those online ordinations have to be very much a fraud. If you feel called into the ministry, perhaps God will show you the way through praying a lot about it. I'm sure you have prayed about it, but look to God for the answers. If you must give up your present activities to do so, then that is what you must do.
 
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Well, I know that our ministry for one is taken seriously by people. We do ordain people through correspondance. We get to know them first prior to just handing them a certificate of ordination. They must meet certain criteria and take classes if need which are all setup free of charge.
 
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You got to follow what the Lord is saying for you to do. And in that path, wisdom is revealed.


Some organizations are worthless and hold no alligence to the passion of our Lord, whereas, some hold His heart by giving entrance to His servants into places where society expects a minister to perform (thus the hearts are open to the words of a minister ie.. hospitals, jails.. ect.)

Our ordinations must come from the Most High, or they have not really come at all.


shalom
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glenn_scott said:
Are these places that you can become ordained online acceptable? Is online bible study a good way to become ordained? I would love to be able to perform weddings and funerals and am considering something like this but fear I wouldn't be taken seriously.
sure i did it,and its perfectly legal,at least here in KY.I have even done weddings.
 
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