The advancement of science and technology has increased the occurrence of inter-religious marriages. People from around the world are getting to know people from other parts of the world. The Internet, telephone and advancement in transportation makes it very easy for people to maintain long distance relationships. These relationships can sometimes culminate in marriages. These pairs look for a means of marriage, where there is no religious preference. You can start a business, marrying couples that have religious differences.
Some people feel that inter-religious marriages are not feasible or possible. However, this is not so, as love has no boundaries. All they need is a good sense of understanding of each other and an understanding of the religion and beliefs they intend to practice after the marriage. So to help them, start a business that marries such love filled couples. To start a marrying business, you first have to get an instant ordination.
It is easy to be ordained; there are many sites offering instant ordinations for people from different states and countries. When becoming an ordained minister, you have to first be aware of the legal doctrines of your state, country, or province. The site you visit for ordination then produces a form you fill out. A pastoral staff then reviews the information and the request you make. Then the notification of your ordination is sent to you by email. Most sites have ordinances made a few times a week; so you can be sure that you will hear from the site a few days after submission of the form.
Ordinations are provided free of cost and it is supposed to be for life, at no cost or question of faith. However, when applying for ordinations, it is necessary for you to provide your complete and legal names in your application. This is because it is you with the name given in the form that is to be ordained, and not anyone else! Remember, it is not the computer that ordains you; the pastoral staff is in charge of ordaining you!
Once you are legally ordained, you can start legalizing marriages. You can also perform funerals, baptisms, and all other functions performed by the clergy. It is all right to charge about $250 for performing a marriage, and perhaps around $150 for the reception. Independent countries have their independent marriage rules. Even the individual states of the United States have their independent laws. So, it is not enough having just an ordination, get to be well versed with the rules of your state and country so that you perform marriages following the right laws and regulations!
You can do some advertising of your services by creating a website stating what services you offer. You could also create pamphlets to distribute at the church and other places couples may go. The more publicity you make, the better the chance of people requesting your services. Once you set a reputation of a worthy person to approach for inter-religious marriages, you are sure to find many couples waiting outside your door to get married!
Resources:
http://www.ulc.net/
http://www.nawoonline.com/
http://www.superweddings.com/neatideas.html
http://www.ourmarriage.com/
June 21, 2009
