Path of Life Ministries
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Marriage Ministry
THE CHRISTIAN CONNECTION
Your Personalized Wedding Ceremony
Franklin D. Coleman, D.D. -
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While researching a wedding ceremony I was to perform, I was appalled to discover
that churches (at least in this area) charge as much as $250.00 or even more to use
the building for a wedding. That coupled with the cost of the minister, the organist
and a custodial service, can cause a young couple to be faced with as much as $700.00
or more in cost before they even begin to look at a wedding gown, tuxes, flowers,
gifts, honeymoons or a reception.
Many young couples elect to be married in private
reception/banquet rooms because the cost is less. The problem there is that ministers
often will not perform marriages that do not take place within their churches. Couples
in this situation are forced to forgo a Christian ceremony in favor of a civil service.
To
further complicate matters, a young couple wishing a Christian service may be turned
away from a church in which at least one of them is not a member. I guess times
have changed when a young girl wanted a perfect wedding in a church. Back then; the
only thing you needed was your parents' blessing, a license and a desire to begin
your new life with a beautiful Christian ceremony.
I believe anyone, regardless of
their ability to pay, their affiliation, or lack thereof, should be able to have
their marriage solemnized in a traditional Christian ceremony. I do not think, to
have that, should be an expensive and complicated process.
My ministry deals expressly
with this purpose. To give everyone, regardless of finances, place of ceremony or
church affiliation, the opportunity to be married in a Christian marriage ceremony
by a minister in the traditional way.
I also look this as a part of the evangelistic
outreach of our ministry. The largest groups of unsaved people attend weddings and
funerals. I am available to minister to any guests or wedding party member who desires
to seek a personal relationship with the Lord. We do not have a church here in Chicago,
so we are not looking for members and tithers. It is a blessing for us and for those
we serve at this joyous point in their lives.
I view what I do as an opportunity to
include new relationships (salvation) and new traditions (communion) into their new
beginning as husband and wife, if they so desire. As a minister, I have to always
be available as a minister of the Gospel at all times.
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