Columbus, Ohio

Officiant & Ceremony

In Columbus: Zero independent wedding officiants met this guide's verification bar in the Columbus market at this printing. Labeled alternatives are listed instead -- venues and coordinators in this annex who can connect a couple with a qualified officiant. Ohio law is stricter here than in many states: Ohio Revised Code 3101.08 permits only an ordained or licensed minister of a religious society, a sitting or former governor, a county, municipal, or probate judge, or a mayor to solemnize a marriage, and Ohio has no provision for a friend to self-solemnize or obtain a one-day designation the way some other states allow. Most couples here work through a religious society's own ordination process or book a judge; confirm which route any listed alternative can actually provide before you count on it.

0 listings · checked August 2026

Churches and congregations

These are places of worship rather than for-hire officiants. Many will marry members of their own congregation, or couples willing to join and complete a marriage preparation course, and some will not marry non-members at all. Several also price the building, the clergy and the musician separately. Ask early what they require of you — policy varies widely between denominations, and between individual congregations of the same denomination.

• First Congregational Church — Columbus · first-church.org · (614) 228-1741
• Guide Church - North Campus — Hilliard · guidechurch.com · (614) 451-4500
• New Salem Baptist Church — Columbus · newsalemcares.org · (614) 267-2536
• Prince of Peace Lutheran Church — Dublin · princeofpeacedublin.org · (614) 766-6377
• Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church — Columbus · zionlcms.org · (614) 444-3456

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