“Al Fresco”

Sunday, February 03, 2013

My boyfriend and I have been dating for almost three years.  We're doing pretty much everything right... no fornication, growing closer together and with God, improving each other's character, and so forth.  I fully plan on having a pastor marry the two of us.  Now my question is... since a pastor will be marrying us, is it wrong for the two of us to get married outside of a church, like in a park or a beach instead?

Sincerely,
Not Going To The Chapel

Dear Not Going To The Chapel,

It is perfectly fine if you get married in a park, at the beach, in a tree house, etc.  Furthermore, it isn’t even important that a religious leader officiate your wedding.  The Bible never specifies the details of wedding ceremonies.  Each culture and family is left to dictate its own traditions and arrangements.  Just be sure to obey the laws regarding legal marriage in whatever part of the world you live (Tit 3:1, Rom 13:1-3).  Your marriage would be just as legitimate if you were married by a Justice of the Peace.  Whatever legal road you take to marriage, just remember that your vows are before God.

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