How do I become legally ordained as a Wiccan Reverend?
You can start your own pagan church; a coven is a perfectly legitimate religious group to make into a legal church. If that’s a bit too much hassle, you can try to affiliate your coven with Covenant of The Goddess (http://www.cog.org); they ordain people who are associated with them & follow their charter. However, you may still have to go through the paperwork & hassles of becoming a legal 501(c)3 religious organization to get the tax status. Amber K’s book “Covencraft” has some good info on how to start your own pagan church. Also, you can go to the IRS site (http://www.irs.gov/) and look around for the right forms & methods. A small coven that wants to be a church is no different, legally, from a small cluster of Christians living in an isolated place, who want to create a church for their families & children. The laws involved aren’t that complex, and the forms have been changing ove
