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? asked in Family & RelationshipsWeddings · 1 decade ago

Getting Married in a Church?

My fiance and I live about 2 hours away from my hometown which is where I want to do our wedding. I would really like to get married in a church, we plan on doing our pre-marriage counseling through a church in our current city. Is there anyway that a church in my hometown would marry us? Especially if we did our pre-marriage counseling elsewhere...

Also, I don't know if this makes a difference but my fiance is a catholic and I am a form of Pentecostalism, right now we rotate going between a Catholic church and my church, but we would like to get married in a non-denominational church because we are afraid his family wouldn't feel comfortable in a Pentecostal church. Neither one of us are willing to convert either....

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    You have to ask the pastor of the specific church you want to be married in. If they have different standards for pre-marital counseling they may not feel comfortable letting you do it at another church. Since it is so far away you could probably convince the pastor to counsel you over the phone.

  • 1 decade ago

    Every church is different and you will have to inquire with the specific church you would like to use.

    I would ask whoever does your counseling where you live if they know of anyone in your hometown ... knowing eachother might make it more smooth of a process for you.

  • 1 decade ago

    Well, this gets complicated because if your fiance is a strict Catholic, he's going to run into trouble marrying outside his faith. Obviously, it's not a problem if he's not that observant, but if you use the Catholic church, you as the bride need to do whatever that parish recommends. It's always pre-cana and at least some make you promise to raise the kids as Catholic (my sister had to do this).

    A nondenominational church would be most likely to be liberal, but you'd need to talk to them. But make sure you understand what it means if he intends to stay Catholic, because it does involve kids being raised that way if he intends to maintain his membership.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Ask a nondenomanational church in your hometown. Must churchs want you to do premarriage counseling through their church but best way is to ask them personally not Y!Answers.

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  • Annie
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    I think now we don't even need to be baptise for getting married in a church so... I think there's no problem. But I'm not a specialist so i don't really know... you should go get some information

  • 1 decade ago

    The simple answer is

    Ask, the worst the church could say no

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