The Universal Life Church (ULC) is a religious organization that offers anyone semi-immediate ordination as a ULC minister free of charge. The organization states that anyone can become a minister without having to go through the pre-ordination process required by other religious faiths.
Read more about Universal Life Church: Overview, History, Ordination and ULC Clergy, Beliefs, Authority To Solemnize Marriage and Other Rites of The Church
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