Meet Our Wedding Officiant Expert, Father Ken Zelten, OFM
Father Ken was ordained at Mary Immaculate Seminary, and is of the Byzantine Franciscan order (Order of Franciscans Minor). He most humbly,holds the destinction of marrying more people in the Memphis area than any other minister, for the last eleven years running.
He completed his undergraduate work at The University of Memphis & The University of Tennessee in Knoxville. In the 90's, he created a program called "Street Hearts" and ministered to troubled intercity teens. Until recently, he served as interim pastor of a small church in Chester County, and is now Senior Pastor at Birdsong Christian Church in Milledgeville.
Father Ken is the founder and director of Ministers in a Minute, a ministry directed to couples wishing to enter into the sanctity of Marriage in the Memphis area, and one of the largest minister services in the southern United States. In addition, Father Ken is the founder of the West Tennessee chapter of The Federation of Diocesan Liturgical Commissions, and founder, and chairman of the board, of Vintage Auto Rental INC; a company providing antique showcars to couples wishing to marry in the Memphis area, with all profits benefiting the tireless work being done at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee.
In addition to his wedding business' and volunteer work; He is a husband; father of two grown children; and a grandfather. He is a recipient of the Arthur M. Meadows award for public speaking, the prestigious Thousand Points of Light Award, created by former President George Bush, and a TWO TIME recipient of the JD Powers award for small business'. He, along with Dr. Sebastian Owens provide premarital counseling to Mid South couples, prior to entering into marriage.
