"A growing niche"
"A growing niche" Wedding Officiants are ! definitely a growing niche," said Kara Corridan, executive editor of Modern Bride in New York City. While Gallup polls measuring church and synagogue membership show no significant drop in the last five years, wedding industry experts say the officiant business is taking off because of interfaith couples and those who do not belong to a church or synagogue. Robin Clark of Maryland Heights, who recently married Shane Butler, is an example. "We're not members of a church," Clark said. "But I didn't want to go to a judge. I wanted a minister." Donyel Lorick of University City, who recently married Jermaine Thomas, also said the couple did not belong to a church but looked for a Wedding Officiant who was a trained minister. Both brides consulted the Yellow Pages and found the Rev. Darrell Faires of Anywhere Wedding Ceremonies. Robert "Rev. Bob" Barker of All-Couples Married, a Richmond Heights Wedding Officiants business, said many couples don't have time to belong to a congregation. "Among almost all of our couples both ! work," he said. "These days no one has ttime for anything."
