Nashville, Tennessee

Officiant & Ceremony

In Nashville: This category lists zero service vendors — no independent officiants in the researched supply for this region. Point instead at the labeled alternatives: local churches, congregations, and clergy directories are the working starting points, and any officiant you engage through them handles the paperwork end of the ceremony. Tennessee Code Annotated 36-3-301 recognizes ordained or licensed clergy in good standing with a religious body, current or retired judges of statutory courts, notaries public, county mayors, and specific statutory officials. Online-ordained clergy have been actively litigated in Tennessee since 2019, and the current posture generally accepts them — but confirm with the issuing county clerk before the ceremony rather than after the fact. The marriage license carries no waiting period and is valid for thirty days from issue; a completed premarital preparation course from a state-approved provider waives sixty dollars of the fee statewide.

0 listings · checked September 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.

• Lights Chapel Baptist Church — Greenbrier · lightschapelbaptistchurch.com · (615) 358-9188
• Lillard Chapel United Methodist Church — Murfreesboro · lillardchapelumc.org · (615) 624-7440
• Limestone Baptist Church — Franklin · limestonechurch.org · (615) 794-3037
• New Heights Chapel — Murfreesboro · newheightschapel.com · (615) 890-2004
• North Boulevard Church of Christ — Murfreesboro · northboulevard.com/west · (615) 867-8300

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