About this vendor
Functional Christianity is a wedding officiant service based in Atlanta, GA. Gary Layne is a licensed minister and an experienced world traveler who has been sharing his vision of positive living with people around the globe for more than 30 years.
Gary has performed wedding ceremonies at remarkable venues near and far, from tranquil mountain retreats and beautiful community parks to fabulous city hotels. Every wedding celebration is a new and wonderful experience. Gary is determined to use his considerable expertise and great sense of humor to help you design a ceremony that reflects your unique style and love story.
Functional Christianity is available for both religious and non-religious ceremonies. Ceremonies typically last less than 30 minutes, though Gary is happy to tailor your ceremony to suit your particular style and needs. Gary is also more than happy to attend your wedding rehearsal if one is required, but please note that this service is not available in the introductory ceremony package. Pre-marital counseling services are also available. Gary can't wait to meet you and begin planning the wedding of your dreams.
Details
Ceremony Types
- Civil Union
- Commitment Ceremony
- Elopement
- Non-Religious Ceremony
- Religious Ceremony
- Second Wedding
Religious Affiliations
- Christian
- Protestant
Wedding Activities
- Premarital Counseling
- Wedding
- Ceremony
Awards and Affiliations
2023 'Best of Weddings'
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out of 5.013 reviews
Gary Layne was recommended to us by the wedding planner of our Christian son with his Indian, Hindu bride in Atlanta. His professionalism and flexibility were very helpful and hi...
s clear theology reassured us of a meaningful and biblical ceremony after the Hindu one. He worked with my son and his bride to create a lovely wedding and we can only recommend him without reservation.
Gary was amazing to work with and made our wedding ceremony go smoothly! Thank you for everything!
Gary did a great job of setting up the perfect ceremony. He made it easy by sending over forms to help us curate the whole thing to exactly what we wanted. We got so many complimen...
ts on the ceremony!
He was very professional, punctual, and easy to communicate with throughtout the wedding process. I highly recommend him!
Gary was great! He provided us with options to customize our ceremony, so it was perfectly “us”! He is a great speaker, and made our wedding comfortable and meaningful. So glad w...
e are had him officiate.
Thank You Dr. Layne for pastoring our wedding at Cavender Creek! He was attentive to our needs and performed a ceremony that was perfect for us. His personality is kind, funny, a...
nd easy going! We enjoyed his genuine approach that was tailored to our styles and we were blessed to have him lead us into holy matrimony. We would recommend him to anyone for a marriage ceremony as you will experience that the joy of the LORD is his strength.
Dr. Gary Layne provided a wonderful ceremony for my now Wife and me. Between the little jokes, and the thoughtful details added in, it was truly a special and great ceremony. The c...
eremony was also an appropriate length. We would and will definitely recommend Dr. Layne for anyone who needs an officiant and marriage/pre-marriage counselor!
I truly believe that God put Dr. Layne in our lives exactly when he was meant to. Gary instantly came to our lives sharing wisdom, insight, and a wonderful sense of humor to round ...
it all out. We were lucky enough to have Gary guide us through our marriage counseling and even more lucky to have him lead us in a beautiful wedding ceremony, and he welcomed our last-minute additions and add-ins to the ceremony with open arms. He gave us enough structure to work within for our big day, but truly gave us the space to let our ceremony be unique to us.
Hiring Gary means hiring someone who knows God; who knows relationships; who knows how to guide two people into a beautiful ceremony together. We entrusted Gary with a very large task and he delivered without a flinch, and we got so many compliments after the fact at how smooth our ceremony went and how well Gary did. I not only gained a true man of God in my corner, but also a new friend. Thank you for leading us in one of the largest moments of our lives (so far), and rooting for us along the way!
Couldn’t recommend enough!!! Great communication and we loved our ceremony! So thankful we found him.
Gary was fantastic!! He catered to our every need for our ceremony and even went above and beyond to make our ceremony more personal and authentic for us. We had a mixed religion c...
eremony being with Judaism and Christianity and Gary delivered a beautiful ceremony custom fit for us. I felt like I could trust him to do anything for our ceremony and it would turn out very well. I highly recommend Functional Christianity for your wedding!
Gary did a fantastic job! We enjoyed premarital counseling with him and he did a fantastic job of preparing us for the commitment we made! The ceremony was everything we could ask ...
for and more. He did a great job of navigating us through all of our options and making our day exactly what we envisioned.
I could not recommend a better minister for our wedding! He was very helpful and listened to what we wanted for our ceremony. Highly recommend! You will not be disappointed!
Dr. Gary Layne is fantastic! He worked with us to find the perfect ceremony and customized it for us so it was truly our personality as a couple. He also did our premarital counsel...
ing and helped us see things about our marriage that we never even thought of. He guided us through the entire process and we couldn't be happier. He even worked with us remotely through Zoom meetings which made it so easy and respectful of our time during this busy time. If you want to start out your marriage on the right path, spend the money and get the Gary to do your premarital counseling too. It was the best thing we did during our wedding planning and now during our marriage. Gary was supportive, kind, responsive, and made our wedding and marriage exceptional.
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Sandy Springs, GA | Georgia
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