The organization also states it has a membership of 22 million ULC ministers worldwide.

During the 1960s and 1970s many people in the USA became ministers in the ULC because they believed that being a minister either would help keep them from being drafted into military service during the Vietnam War or would enable them to get income tax relief as members of the clergy.

All ministers in the ULC are also authorized and encouraged to ordain others as ministers in the church.

The Universal Life Seminary is one of the many charter churches operated by individual ministers of the ULC.

Some people living in remote areas also use their status as ordained ULC ministers to meet the marriage officiant needs of their communities.

Courts in New York, North Carolina, and Virginia have ruled that, under applicable state law, ULC ministers are not authorized to solemnize marriages and a marriage at which a ULC minister officiated therefore is not valid.

The Supreme Court of Mississippi has ruled that Mississippi has a less restrictive statute and recognizes ULC ministers as able to perform valid marriages in that state.

In Canada, ULC ministers have been authorized to solemnize marriage in only a few local jurisdictions.

In many other countries, ULC ministers have no authority to solemnize lawful marriage.

This aspect attracts some individuals to the ULC who are uncomfortable with the liberal activism and social views held by the UUA.

Today, Collingwood's industrial base, which includes Collingwood Ethanol L. P., Pilkington Glass of Canada, Goodall Rubber Company-Canada ULC, and VOAC Inc, and which are among the community ’ s largest employers, has begun to erode.

The NCCUSL sponsors the U. S. Uniform Law Commission ( ULC ), and is commonly referred to by that name due to confusion with the similarly named National Conference of State Legislatures ( NCSL ), a separate organization composed of every U. S. state legislator and legislative staff member, who are automatically NCSL members.

The ULC was founded in 1959 under the name " Life Church " by the Reverend Kirby J. Hensley.

The Universal Life Church was referenced by Abbie Hoffman in his 1970 book Steal This Book, which encouraged readers to request an ordination from the ULC, receive notification of the ordination, and then cut out and laminate a card indicating the new minister's ordination.

In the United States, a Uniform Act is a proposed state law drafted by the U. S. Uniform Law Commission ( ULC ) and approved by its sponsor, the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws ( NCCUSL ).

) in the Netherlands, that carries to four the number of companies still in service in 2012 into the Benelux without any co-worker who works on it ( Norampac Luxembourg Sarl was closed in September 2008 by incorporation into Cascades Luxembourg Sarl ( new capital February 2012: USD 64 933 600, 00 ) and beginning of February 2012, Cascades Canada Inc Luxemburg Branch changed her name for Cascades Canada ULC Luxembourg Branch ( with a Capital of CAD 1 621 647 829, 00 ).

The ULC was established in 1996 by several Lutheran congregations in Ukraine after the fall of the Soviet Union and the loosening of restrictions on religious expression.

While the ULC is a relatively new denomination, it traces its roots to early Lutheranism in the 16th century, and more recently, to the Ukrainian Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession which was persecuted and eventually destroyed by the Soviet government and KGB in 1939.

The ULC is legally seen as the successor to the Ukrainian Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession and has been given the right to reclaim some of the church property once seized by the Soviet government.

But when Sankara opted for the ' Popular and Democratic Revolution ' promoted by ULC LIPAD withdrew its support.

Under the NSCA, a limited company cannot convert into a ULC without a resolution being signed by all members of the company and filed with the Registrar appointed pursuant to the NSCA.

), published by the Uniform Law Commission ( ULC ) 1979 and amended in 1985, was a uniform act promulgated in an effort to provide legal framework for improved trade secret protection for industry in all 50 states within the United States of America.

The ULC Headquarters holds weekly church services in a historic church building in Modesto.

The ULC is sometimes said to be a liberal church with many conservative members.

The ULC is a member of the Confessional Evangelical Lutheran Conference ( CELC ), a worldwide organization of confessional Lutheran church bodies.

A large number of people seeking ULC Ordination do so in order to be able to legally officiate at weddings or perform other spiritual rites.

Greyhound Canada ( registered as Greyhound Canada Transportation ULC ) is the prominent operator of inter-city coach services in Canada.

He regarded the ULC as " unquestionably one of the best deals going ", but also made the mistake of assuming that a ULC ordination would entitle ordained persons to discounts and tax exemptions.

Generally ULC-R was simply called ' ULC '.

It was founded in 1978 following a merger of four different organisations: Nigeria Trade Union Congress ( NTUC ), Labour Unity Front ( LUF ), United Labour Congress ( ULC ) and Nigeria Workers Council ( NWC ).

This aspect of the ULC has provided relief to interfaith couples or same-sex couples experiencing difficulty in getting their union performed in a religious atmosphere.

Dedicated ULC members state that they truly believe in freedom of religion.

The Universal Life Church ( or ULC ) is a religious organization that offers anyone semi-immediate ordination as a ULC minister free of charge.

Hensley served as the minister of the congregation and President of the Board of Directors until his death in 1999, at which time there were many independent branches of the ULC worldwide.

( The Universal Life Seminary is affiliated to the ULC because the minister that operates it is a minister in good standing with the ULC.

The ULC has no traditional doctrine, believing as an organization merely in doing " that which is right.

As of early 2009, ULC was sending out between 8, 500 and 10, 000 ordination certificates each month.

) The Universal Life Seminary, however, does have some theological beliefs that differ from the ULC Headquarters.

However, there are certain limitations: they may not administer the sacraments and related functions whose celebration is reserved to bishops, priests, deacons, or seminarians ( the male clergy ), namely, Holy Orders ( they may make provision for an ordained cleric to help train and to admit some of their members, if needed, as altar servers, Eucharistic ministers, or lectors-the minor ministries which are now open to the non-ordained ).

For example, Barrett points out that the Pastoral Epistles are concerned that ministers of the generation of Timothy and Titus should pass on the doctrine they had received to the third generation.

" The members of the CDN are the president, the vice president, the president of the Chamber of Deputies, the president of the Senate, the minister of justice, military ministers, the minister of foreign affairs, and the minister of planning.

All ministers are credentialed at one of three levels of licensure, the most senior of which is the rank of Ordained Bishop.

There also are two vice presidents and the president's cabinet composed of his ministers.

Seventeen ministers are in charge of particular activities.

there are seventeen other ministers, who are appointed by the prime minister with the consent of the Sabor ; these are in charge of particular sectors of activity.

Government ministers are from the Social Democratic Party of Croatia ( SDP ), and the Croatian People's Party-Liberal Democrats ( HNS ) and Istrian Democratic Assembly ( IDS ).

In this formation, the council is composed of ministers from each state government who are responsible for this area: the agriculture and fisheries ministers.

Similarly, the Economic and Financial Affairs Council is composed of national finance ministers, and they are still one per state and the chair is held by the member coming from the presiding country.

Most importantly, the boundaries of the powers of the ministers and church officers are set by clear and constant reminders of the freedoms guaranteed by the Gospel to the laity, collectively and individually.

No special titles are used for preachers or ministers that would identify them as " clergy ".

" Basically we are dissolving the leadership, the prime minister and the deputy prime minister and the ministers ," chief Makea Vakatini Joseph Ariki explained.

The Military of the Dominican Republic or Fuerzas Armadas de la República Dominicana consists of approximately 44, 000 active duty personnel, about 60 percent of which are utilized for non-military operations, including security providers for government-owned non-military facilities, toll security, forestry workers and other state enterprises, and personal security for ministers, congressmen, etc.

Regional churches assist congregations who are seeking ministers and ministers who are seeking congregations.

Opposition forces in Congress are loosely organized, but historically they often unite to block the administration's initiatives and to remove cabinet ministers.

The primary duty of an evangelist in the Community of Christ remains the giving of sacramental " evangelist's blessings "; it is for this reason that evangelists are often referred to as " ministers of blessing ".

In the official usage, the " cabinet " ( valtioneuvosto ) are the ministers including the prime minister and the Chancellor of Justice, while the " government " ( hallitus ) is the cabinet presided by the president.