AUTHORITY TO MARRY

Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 109, 1 February 1935, Page 10

AUTHORITY TO MARRY

Over 2000 Officiating Ministers A FIFTEEN WOMEN INCLUDED Over 2000 persons in the different churches and religious associations of New Zealand are recorded in the latest issue of the "Gazette” as officiating ministers within the meaning of the Marriage Act. The total (2025) includes only 15 women, of whom nine are registered as sisters in the Presbyterian Church. The churches and the respective numbers of officiating ministers are as follow :— Church of England 478 Presbyterian Church 419 Roman Catholic Church 350 Methodist Church 295 Congregational Independents 32 Baptists 68 Evangelical Lutheran Concordia

Conference ■ a Lutheran Church 3 Hebrew Congregations o Associated Churches of Christ .... 31 Churches of Christ 6 Church of the Seven Rules of Jehovah - Catholic Apostolic Church 3 Salvation Army (including three ' women) 85 Seventh Day Adventists ......... 12 Brethren K* Aotearoa Undenominational Mission 1 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints 11 Liberal Catholic Church ... ' 5 United Evangelical Church 2 Unitarian Church 3 Spiritualist Church (including one woman) • f Christchurch Spiritualists’ Church . 1 Christadelphlans 1 Pentecostal Church 1 Ratana Established Church 120 United Evangelistic Mission Association (Interdenominational) . I New Clmrcli (Swedenborgian) .... 1 International Bible Students’ Asso- - ciation 1 The Ringatu Church 31 Assemblies of God 12 Free Methodist Church 1 Free Fundamental Church 1 Revival Fire Mission 1 Fellowship of the Friendly Road .. 2 British Israel Church 3 Greater World Spiritualist Mission (woman) I Gospel Service Mission Church (woman) 1 Church of True Spiritual Light (woman) 1 Progressive Church of Spiritualists 1