How to Create an Ordination Certificate
A certificate of ordination lets others know you've been ordained and approved by a religious organization to officiate a marriage, help with funeral preparations, provide spiritual support to those around you and a variety of other spiritual practices in which ministers typically engage. Most ordination companies will provide you an ordination certificate upon request or for a fee. If you need to make one yourself, however, use a free website that offers certificate templates, This allows you to customize your ordination certificate to your personal preferences.
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Instructions
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Navigate to websites such as Hoover Web Design, Free Printable Certificates or Certificate Street that offer free downloadable or printable ordination certificate templates.
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Click on the template you wish to use. Fill in the name, along with any applicable titles such as "Minister," "Reverend," "Chaplain" or "Priest." Edit the template for accuracy.
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Save the template to your hard drive or to a flash drive or SD memory card. Any type of portable storage device of your preference will also work, such as a CD or USB memory card.
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Print the certificate. If you don't own a printer, use one at a friend's house or try your local library or cyber café.
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Tips & Warnings
To avoid a dark shaded background when printing a color document to a black and white printer, click "Advanced" under your printer settings and choose "Black and White" or the "2 color only" option (if available) before printing. This causes the certificate to print out with a white background.
Do not present a certificate of ordination you've made to a courthouse or other legal entity to prove legal ordination status, especially if you have not received legal ordination status from a church or other religious organization. This could be considered fraudulent and comes with criminal consequences. if you do not have actual legal ordination status and you still want to make a certificate of ordination, consider adding a phrase similar to "For vanity purposes only," at the bottom of your certificate in tiny print.
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