ROSE MINISTRIES

What ROSE MINISTRIES does

Rose Ministries is a family-owned, non-denominational online ordination provider founded in 2004 and headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada. The company sells ministerial credentials through a direct-to-consumer e-commerce platform (beginaministry.com), enabling individuals to legally officiate weddings, baptisms, funerals, and worship services or to establish independent ministries across all 50 U.S. states. The business is differentiated by an inclusive ordainment policy that explicitly serves constituencies mainstream denominations have historically restricted, particularly female clergy, and positions itself as removing barriers of costly seminary classes and denominational gatekeeping.

The product portfolio consists of five one-time ordination packages priced from $34.95 (Basic Ordination) to $189.95 (Ultimate Minister's Package), with mid-tiers focused on wedding officiating ($84.95), wedding consulting business ($99.95), and full-service ministry ($149.95). The underlying technology is a modest e-commerce website with PayPal payment integration, digital credential delivery, and physical materials (certificates, manuals, clergy badges) shipped by mail. There is no proprietary software stack, no mobile app, no API, no SDK, and no AI/ML components disclosed. Optional license renewals create a thin recurring revenue layer atop the predominantly one-time purchase model.

Revenue mechanics are simple one-time package sales at $34.95–$189.95 per transaction. The company has no disclosed funding, no institutional investors, no parent company, and no subsidiaries, and operates with approximately 11 employees. Customer segments are predominantly individual consumers—prospective wedding officiants, church planters, and female clergy seeking ordination outside traditional denominations. Marketing is conducted through the company's own website and a Facebook page, with no disclosed partnerships, certifications, regulatory actions, or third-party integrations beyond PayPal.

Name

ROSE MINISTRIES

Legal name

Rose Ministries

Website

https://roseministries.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Rose Ministries is a family-owned online ordination provider founded in 2004 that sells non-denominational ministerial credentials via five packaged tiers ($34.95–$189.95), enabling individuals to legally officiate weddings and conduct religious ceremonies across all 50 U.S. states.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Online Ordination Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Faith-Based Missions & Evangelism Organizations (Domestic & International) (BPAGAJAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Ministerial Training Institutes (Clergy Formation) (EDAHAKAE), Sermon, Homiletics & Ministry Resource Publishing (Preaching Aids, Pastoral Resources) (MPAJAHAD)

Keywords

• Online ordination services
• Minister credentials
• Wedding officiant services
• Religious ceremony resources
• Ministry formation services

Headquarters

HQ city

Kansas City, Missouri

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Ordination Package Sales: One-time purchase of ordination packages at various price points ($34.95 to $189.95). Packages include basic ordination, wedding officiate services, full-service ministry tools, and wedding consulting business resources.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Rose Ministries provides online, non-denominational ordination credentials and ministry packages for individuals who want to perform weddings, baptisms, funerals, and worship services, establish a church, or start a wedding officiant or consulting business. Customers select and buy one of five packages through the company's own e-commerce website, ranging from basic ordination to comprehensive minister resources.

Product overview

ROSE MINISTRIES offers a single-tier product architecture with five distinct ordination packages priced from $34.95 to $189.95. The portfolio ranges from the Basic Ordination Package (simple ordination and credentials) through the Wedding Officiate and Wedding Business packages (focused on wedding ceremonies and consulting) to the Full-Service Minister's and Ultimate Minister's packages (comprehensive ministry resources covering weddings, baptisms, funerals, and worship services). All packages provide official ordination credentials enabling legal officiating of weddings in all 50 states.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Wedding Business Premium Package An online ordination package for people starting a full- or part-time wedding consultant business. It includes official ordination, a one-year license, certification of ordination, a deluxe wallet ID, a clergy badge, five wedding certificates, A Wedding Ceremony to Remember, and Start Your Own Wedding Consultant Business.
• Wedding Officiate Package An online ordination package for individuals who want to officiate weddings. It includes official ordination, a one-year license, certification of ordination, a deluxe wallet ID, a clergy badge, keepsake wedding certificates, and A Wedding Ceremony to Remember.
• Basic Ordination Package A budget-friendly online ordination package for individuals seeking basic clergy credentials. It includes official ordination, a one-year license, certification of ordination, a wallet ID, and a certificate and cards imprinted with the customer's name, title, and member ID.
• Full-Service Minister's Package An online ordination package for individuals building a full-service ministry. It includes official ordination, a one-year license, certification of ordination, a wallet ID, a clergy badge, wedding and baptism certificates, Minister's Service Manual, and How to Officiate Weddings and Funerals.
• Ultimate Minister's Ordination Package The most comprehensive online ordination package, including all Full-Service Minister's resources plus A Wedding Ceremony to Remember and Start Your Own Wedding Consultant Business. It includes official ordination, a one-year license, certification of ordination, a wallet ID, a clergy badge, wedding and baptism certificates, ministry manuals, and guides.

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Open Ministry: Online, non-denominational ordination service providing free minister credentials. Directly competes in the same self-serve online ordination funnel with a similar DIY ethos.
• Universal Life Church: The largest and most well-known online ordination ministry, offering free minister ordination recognized across the U.S. Directly competes with Rose Ministries in the same online ordination, wedding officiant, and non-denominational clergy segments.
• American Marriage Ministries: Non-denominational online ordination organization focused specifically on ordaining individuals to officiate weddings. Closely comparable to Rose Ministries in target customer, product, and pricing model.
• International Fellowship of Ministers: Non-profit interfaith fellowship that ordains ministers online, including wedding officiants. Overlaps Rose Ministries in inclusive, non-denominational online ordination.
• American Clergy: Provides online clergy credentials and ordination for wedding officiants and ministers across the U.S. Directly comparable product, audience, and price points to Rose Ministries.

Emerging players

• Spiritual Humanist Fellowship: Smaller non-theistic and humanist ministry that ordains chaplains and officiants online. Comparable as an emerging alternative in the inclusive online-clergy niche, particularly for non-religious applicants.
• First Nation Church of Rock and Roll: Non-denominational online church that ordains ministers for weddings and life ceremonies. Competes in the same DIY ordination space with a more lifestyle/cultural brand positioning.

Others

• Weddings By Funzione: Wedding officiant services and consultancy that depends on ordained clergy. Adjacent ecosystem participant that consumes the same ordination market but operates as an officiant business rather than an ordaining body.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/TheRoseMinistries
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/rose-ministries

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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