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The Universal Life Church (or ULC) is a religious organization that offers anyone semi-immediate ordination as a ULC minister free of charge. The organization states that anyone can become a minister immediately, without having to go through the pre-ordination process required by other religious faiths. The ordination application, however, must be checked by a human in order to be official; therefore, true ordination usually takes a few days. The ULC's ordinations are issued in the belief that all people are already ordained by God and that the ULC is merely recognizing this fact.
The following is a list of notable people who have been ordained as ministers in the Universal Life Church .
This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
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Eric Anzalone
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Glenn Beck
American conservative political commentator
Susan Block
American sexologist, author, filmmaker, therapist, cable TV talk show host and cultural commentator
Richard Branson
English businessman, investor and founder of Virgin Group
David Byrne
Scottish musician, and a founding member and principal songwriter of the American new wave band Talking Heads
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Stephen Colbert
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Name
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Tony Danza
American actor
John C. Dvorak
American columnist and broadcaster in the areas of technology and computing
Rob Dyrdek
American professional skateboarder, actor, entrepreneur, producer, and reality TV star.
E
Joseph Maldonado-Passage
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Joe Exotic
former American zoo operator, convicted felon and focus of the 2020 documentary Tiger King .
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Shaenon K. Garrity
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George Harrison
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Jesse James
K
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Lady Gaga
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Lady Gaga
American singer and songwriter
Leo Laporte
American technology broadcaster, author and entrepreneur
John Lennon
English musician, singer and songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as a founding member of the rock band The Beatles
Courtney Love
American alternative rock singer, songwriter, musician, actress, visual artist, and widow of Kurt Cobain
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Alanis Morissette
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O
Madalyn Murray O'Hair
P
R
Felipe Rose
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Name
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John Scalzi
American science fiction author, online writer, and former president of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
Jason Segel
American actor and comedian
Kevin Smith
American screenwriter, actor, film producer, speaker and director, as well as popular comic book writer, author, comedian/raconteur and podcaster
Gus Sorola
Video producer, actor and podcaster with Rooster Teeth
Ivan Stang
American writer, filmmaker and broadcaster, and Sacred Scribe with the Church of the SubGenius
Ringo Starr
English drummer, singer, songwriter and actor who gained worldwide fame as the drummer for The Beatles
Mink Stole
Actress
Vermin Supreme
American performance artist and activist
Ron Suresha
American author and activist
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Vanilla Ice
American rapper, actor and television host
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Danny Wallace
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