Knoxville & the Smokies, Tennessee

Officiant & Ceremony

In Knoxville & the Smokies: Two (2) service officiants in this crawl, and three labeled alternatives below the listings pointing at congregations. This is a category where the Sevier County chapel industry does most of the work in real life -- a Gatlinburg or Pigeon Forge chapel-package wedding typically bundles the officiant, the license-pickup service, a witness and photography into a single fee, which is why the standalone-officiant number reads low for a market this size. For a civil ceremony outside that chapel corridor, Tennessee's officiant rules apply -- clergy, judicial officers, and specific other categories are named in state statute, and the current interpretation of online-ordained-minister eligibility has moved more than once in the past few years and is worth confirming for your county before you commit to a friend to officiate. A National Park ceremony needs a Special Use Permit; confirm the site's group cap and permit lead time with the park before you invite guests.

2 listings · checked August 2026

• Radiant Gatherings — Knoxville · radiantgatherings.com · (865) 300-8867
• Rev Jill Dillner — Sevierville · revdillner.com · (865) 446-0425

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.

• Calvary Chapel of Knoxville — Knoxville · calvaryknoxville.org · (865) 609-1385
• Church Street United Methodist Church — Knoxville · churchstreetumc.org · (865) 524-3048
• New Providence Presbyterian Church — Maryville · newprovidencepres.org · (865) 983-0182

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