Can You Elope And Stay True To Your Faith? –
Is It OK Not To Get Married In Church?
He popped the question, he wants to marry you, and you accepted, let the thrill and excitement begin! At least that is how it is supposed to go, until you and your fiancé decide that the costs of planning a wedding are more than you want to spend, not to mention all the stress and family politics that go into planning a wedding. You decide, as a couple, to elope instead to save money and reduce the stress. Everything is great now, or is it?
Countless couples run into issues when they decide to avoid the big traditional church wedding. People with strong religious beliefs, that are friends or family of the betrothed couple, may feel God will not approve of the wedding if it is not in a church. Getting married is not about location so much as the commitment that is made during the ceremony. Regardless of the venue, like a desert botanical garden, near a waterfall, a wedding chapel, or at a park, such as those elopement packages offered by The Mission Chapel or AZ Ceremony wedding officiants, you and your fiancé are still getting married before God’s eyes.
In our opinion, the location of your wedding ceremony is not breaking from your faith. It is you and your beloved making the decision on where you want to start your life together. The physical location does not change your commitment to each other and it is not a way of turning your back on God. Eloping to a destination of your choice is your way of focusing on the most important aspect of the ceremony, your commitment to one another for the rest of your lives.
Couples that want to elope to Vancouver, Canada can find a wide range of different destinations and types of ceremonies available when choosing to contact YoungHipandMarried.com’s Vancouver Wedding Officiants. Did you and your fiancé meet at a coffee shop and you want to get married there? With a bit of planning, you, your fiancé, and two witnesses can go to the coffee shop and have a simple wedding ceremony with the assistance of those at YoungHipandMarried.com. Get married where you want, when you want, legally with minimal costs. Plus many of the Officiants on WhereToElope.com are licensed and ordained. If you ask, your own Preacher may also be willing to marry you outside of a Church. So, there are a lot of elopement options for those who still want to include a religious or denominational element to their elopement.
Getting married, or eloping, somewhere other than a church does not mean you have lost your faith. As many of you know, I got married in the Chapel of a Hospital with the ordained Chaplain officiating. So, it does not mean your union is going against God’s will, it merely means you, and your fiancé are committing to one another in the eyes of God in a destination of your choice, as God is everywhere.