GET ORDAINED AS A WEDDING OFFICIANT
Have you been asked to officiate a wedding ceremony and do not want to settle for instant online credentials?
Are you looking for a Christian wedding officiant training and credentialing program that can be completed in less than two weeks of study?
Are you looking for a Christian Wedding Officiant training and credentialing program that connects the training to the highly respected Christian Leaders Alliance, a minister credentialling organization that has licensed thousands of ministers?
UNITED STATES REQUIREMENTS
Each state in the United States have different requirement for Officiants. Click here to see the state by state requirements. Wedding Officiants in UK are also trained at Christian Leaders Institute.
STUDY WITH CHRISTIAN LEADERS
STUDY WITH CHRISTIAN LEADERS
The Christian Leaders Institute (CLI) offers a Wedding Officiant program that provides you with the training and credentials you need to officiate weddings. The program is designed for Christians who are called to serve as wedding officiants. It covers a wide range of topics, including:
- The Christian meaning of marriage
- Basic pre-marriage counseling and conversations
- The legal requirements for officiating weddings
- The officiant’s role in the wedding ceremony
- How to write a wedding ceremony
- How to prepare for a wedding ceremony
- How to assist at rehearsals
- How to conduct a wedding ceremony
After you complete the course, you are invited to get ordained as a licensed Christian wedding officiant with the Christian Leaders Alliance.
The Christian Leaders Alliance is a ministering credentialing organization that recognizes the CLI wedding skills training. Upon completing the program, students are eligible to receive a Christian Leaders Alliance Licensed Christian Wedding Officiant credential.
BECOME LICENSED IN LESS THAN 2 WEEKS
The CLI Wedding Officiant program is an excellent option for Christians called to serve as wedding officiants. The comprehensive and well-rounded program provides students the training and credentials they need to officiate weddings professionally and effectively.
The Wedding Officiant Skills Course is a one-credit class that gives you the skills to officiate a wedding. This tuition-free course takes about 5 hours to complete.
After you complete this course, you will be allowed to join the Wedding Officiant Recognition course that will complete your credential program and register you with the Christian Leaders Alliance.
If you want to get ordained as a Wedding Officiant in less than one week, this Christian program will help.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Is this an instant ordination? No. This ordination is a study and local-recommendation-based credential with the Christian Leaders Alliance that credentials ministers worldwide. See Directory.
What is the funding concept? Christian Leaders is a donation-based religious non-profit that seeks to multiply difference-makers. All the courses are free and supported by vision partners who believe that everyone should have access to free ministry training. Christian Leaders asks participants to donate if they desire. Small administration fees cover the cost of sent documents and materials. Click here to donate.
What does this credential mean? Getting the Licensed Christian wedding officiant recognizes you as ordained in the first core minister role with the Christian Leaders Alliance. Click here to see the entire Minister Credential Program.
Do you credential women ministers? Yes. This Christian leaders program welcomes men or women in this Biblically-based program. Click here for more.
How long has this organization been around? Rev. Henry Reyenga, an ordained minister with the Christian Reformed Church, and Rich DeVos founded Christian Leaders on September 20, 2001. Christian Leaders have been ordained ministers through the Christian Leaders Alliance since 2014. This program is for study-prepared and recommended ministers. Click here to read more.
My name is Gerald Moore. Studying the ministry and biblical knowledge courses at the Christian Leaders Institute (CLI) means a lot to me because God has called me to preach the good news to others. These classes will show me how the church works and how to maximize the resources in it to reach others. My calling from god is to reach others and to show them the love of Christ Jesus.
Learning to Follow the Lord
From a child to adulthood, I dealt with many trials of drugs, anger, and sexual addictions. The world needs to know of the freedom from these things and the happiness Jesus restores in life in Him. He restored my marriage of 15 years and saved my wife and my children.
These ministry classes at CLI will help me grow in knowledge and strength. Then I can find new ways to reach others. At one point in life, I struggled with suicide-hating life. Jesus said to love other people as you love yourself. However, when you hate yourself, it is hard to love others, even your family.
Surrender
Growing up, I lived in a foster home with a pastor and his wife, and 12 other children. There, I learned the Word of God and had a very good example of how to live life with prayer and helping others. I came to know the Lord at the age of 19 when I accepted that God was not to blame for my life without my birth parents and the heavy drugs I took. At this time, I struggled with suicide and went to Teen Challenge in Michigan. Although I went on to struggle with drugs for years, God has always been there, guiding me.
Furthermore, even after coming to know Jesus, I struggled with bipolar and its effect on my mind. I could not control my thoughts or my mood swings. These things caused big problems in my life and my marriage, to the point of almost getting divorced.
Things changed for me when I fell off a ladder at work. This event brought me to a place where I had to ask my wife for help. Having to ask caused me to set aside my pride in myself, which was what was causing the problems in my life. Having to admit I needed help brought me to a place where God could work in me. This was when God became real to me. I learned how to humble myself before Him. Before that, I was fighting against God and not listening to what He wanted me to do.
Courses in Ministry and Biblical Knowledge at CLI
My spiritual dream is to show others to let God fight the battle and have faith that He will win it for them. What joy to bring our troubles to God. He comes through for us by bringing peace, hope, joy, and triumph into our lives. Even though the outcome might look grim, Jesus will lighten the load and make it easier to handle in the end.
The ministry and biblical knowledge courses at CLI will help me develop the skills to witness to others. Getting a degree at CLI shows my willingness and dedication to what I believe. I hope you experience the goodness of God and the help He has for you! God bless!
Register a Study Account
Register for a free study account, automatically enrolling you in the Getting Started Class at the Christian Leaders Learning Platform. The Getting Started class will take you less than an hour to complete.
When you log in to the Learning Platform, you will notice that the Getting Started Class automatically appears on your dashboard.
The Getting Started Class will orientate you to the Christian Leaders Learning Platform and the Programs offered, including:
- Ministry Awards, Certificates, and Diplomas with the Christian Leaders Institute.
- College Degrees with the CLI’s Leadership Excellence School.
- Minister Credentialling (Ordination) with the Christian Leaders Alliance, including local Soul Center registration possibilities.
Note: You can enroll in tuition-free courses or mini-courses immediately without finishing the getting started class.
Find out more about women in ministry here.
Hello, I am Terri Armstrong from the United States of America. My marriage ministry calling from God has led me to the Christian Leaders Institute for ministry and biblical training online.
My Spiritual Journey
Here is the story of my spiritual adventure. After traveling the world and living in many states in the USA, I live on the beautiful east coast of Florida. I am an Army brat and an Army Veteran and lived in more than 40+ places worldwide.
On a beautiful, crisp winter’s day in Anchorage, Alaska, I gave my life to Jesus at six. My mother and father were in the choir that day, singing “Just As I Am.” I marched down the aisle and accepted Jesus as my savior.
My Youth
Through most of our Army adventures, I faithfully attended church and talked with Jesus regularly. However, although I was present at church, I didn’t allow God to be present outside of the church. I wanted to do things my way through my teens and twenties. Therefore, I missed a lot of church services and wasn’t in Christian service to others until my 29th year.
My Reawakening
A month before my 30th birthday, the doctor told me I had breast cancer. It felt like I’d been given a death sentence and that I needed to quickly get my life in order. The first thing I did was pray from the bottom of my soul. I prayed for God’s guidance and Jesus’ protection. After repenting, I prayed that whatever time I had left, God would allow me to serve Him. I asked for God’s forgiveness and gave it freely to anyone and everyone I’d ever known. The breast cancer saga included 14 surgeries, chemotherapy, and rehab work on my right arm. The joy of breast cancer is it revealed what is important, and that God still loved me. I surrendered to Jesus Christ again. Six months later, I was pronounced ‘Clear of all Cancer.”
My Spiritual Walk and Stumbles
Not long after I was given the all-clear, I married my boyfriend, who stood by me during all the turmoil of cancer. Against all odds, due to chemotherapy, God blessed us with a child six years later. Six years later, we divorced. I became a single mom to a six-year-old. I had a full-time job, lots of work requiring travel, and no support system. Sadly, I had again stopped attending church and was bitter about organized religion. The truth is that I left the church before my marriage failed, not the other way around.
Years passed, and I became involved with a group of very spiritual people who believed in Jesus, the Holy Spirit, and God the Father. They brought me back to my faith by sharing their faith with me daily. As a result, I met and married a wonderful man who loved me, my child, and God.
My Husband’s Untimely Death Leads to My Spiritual Evolution
My second husband, of 13 years, passed unexpectedly in the summer of 2020 due to a heart condition. I will skip all the details of his death because, most days, I don’t want to relive it. However, something amazing happened when he passed away. I first prayed to God to take him home and for Jesus to reunite him with his mother and my parents. Then, I leaned heavily on my church family and my neighbors during the year of his death. I don’t remember many things from the year he died except the kindness and generosity of my friends, family, and neighbors to help me through all the struggles a new widow faces. I felt God’s love in every conversation, meal, and phone call!
My husband’s untimely death was God calling him home. I wanted to blame the devil for his death but couldn’t wallow in self-pity. The devil may have tried to destroy me with my husband’s death, but it had the opposite effect. So, I ran straight to God.
My Spiritual Awakening Defined
Someone asked me, “Did you have a relationship with God before your husband died?” The unequivocal answer is, “Yes, God was always with me. When I cried, He comforted He showed me my next step. I always feel His loving presence and know my husband is safe in His arms.”
I call it my spiritual awakening because I am still training for what God has called me to do in this life.
New Blessings and My Calling
God has blessed me in ways too numerous to count, but I’ll list a few here.
1. I am a 29-year breast cancer survivor (2023).
2. I am the mother of a beautiful human who loves God.
3. I am financially solvent and have retired from my software career.
4. I am a member of a fantastic church that has welcomed me into their family with open arms.
5. I am healthy, happy, spiritually connected, and ready to serve others in my ministry.
Marriage Ministry Calling Leads to a Study at CLI
This year, I realized my calling is in Marriage Ministry and faith-based counseling. I have had two marriages. Both taught me different things that I could share with people who are looking for Christian Counseling in their marriage or pre-marriage.
I am thankful for the visionaries at the Christian Leaders Institute who have developed their generosity-driven education model. Therefore, people called into ministry can study free of massive costs associated with quality education.
With my future in this marriage ministry calling from God, I know it will be better than anything I imagine. As I learn more about God’s Word and ministry, I pray that my understanding will increase and reflect in every part of my life.
Register a Study Account
Register for a free study account, automatically enrolling you in the Getting Started Class at the Christian Leaders Learning Platform. The Getting Started class will take you less than an hour to complete.
When you log in to the Learning Platform, you will notice that the Getting Started Class automatically appears on your dashboard.
The Getting Started Class will orientate you to the Christian Leaders Learning Platform and the Programs offered, including:
- Ministry Awards, Certificates, and Diplomas with the Christian Leaders Institute.
- College Degrees with the CLI’s Leadership Excellence School.
- Minister Credentialling (Ordination) with the Christian Leaders Alliance, including local Soul Center registration possibilities.
Note: You can enroll in tuition-free courses or mini-courses immediately without finishing the getting started class.
Find out more about women in ministry here.