How are church weddings different from weddings in registry offices or licensed premises?
Civil weddings and church weddings have some similarities and some important differences. A civil wedding, which may take place in a registry office or another place specially licensed for weddings, concentrates on meeting the obligations for a legal marriage. A church wedding concerns itself with spiritual obligations and celebrations as well as the legal obligations. In a civil wedding you just make your promises before the guests. In a church wedding, you make your promises before God as well, and then we ask for God’s help for you in your marriage.