Lutheran wedding- do both bride and groom need to be baptized? Can you have

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an outdoor service? ? My boyfriend and I are planning on getting married soon, and I am wondering about our wedding. I attended Lutheran church in my late childhood-teens and I was baptized Catholic. My boyfriend is not baptized in any denomination. Will some or any Lutheran churches marry us? And are outdoor wedding ceremonies performed? I just spent an hour researching this but found no definitive answers, especially to the baptism part. Hopefully that means that no such requirement exists. Thanks everyone.
I am a member of a particular church and I attend occasionally. No, I am not just looking for a church to have a big ceremony, (obviously, as I stated I wanted one outdoors anyway). I want our marriage to be blessed by God, but at this time I am struggling with my beliefs.
 
You need to talk to the pastor. I was raised Lutheran and the church that I went to (Wisconsin Synod) would not allow outdoor ceremonies or anyone to come in to get married who was not currently a practicing member of that church or one in the same synod.
 
Contact the minister at the church you are considering getting married in. Some church's rent their space and will allow non-denominational, Christian marriages, but others will not and restrict their spaces to members only.

What I don't understand is why you would be wanting to get married in a Lutheran church when you are not a practicing Lutheran nor is your boyfriend? Just shopping for a church to have a big ceremony in or what?
 
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