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The Universal Life Church is primarily known for ordaining people as ministers via online certification. These ministers can perform weddings, funerals and baptisms. The church accommodates all spiritual and religious backgrounds.
Beliefs
Practitioners believe that individuals are entitled to worship any god without experiencing intolerance. The church also believes that all faiths benefit from the right to get ordained via the Internet.
Training
The church's website offers complete training on how to become an officiant and perform a wedding, as well as basic professional training for ministers.
Online Fellowship Services
The site's forum allows ministers to connect as an online community, welcoming new members with open arms.
Cost
Interested parties can become ordained online and receive training for free through ULC Monastery.
History
The Rev. Kirby Hensley started the The Universal Life Church in 1959. Many people became ordained through the church to avoid the draft in the Vietnam era. In 1977, it formed an organization--Universal Life Church Monastery--to help the disenfranchised through monastic training.
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Universal Life Church Monastery
Universal Life Church: About Us
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