Pst Akinrinlola Olumide The belief that some marriages conducted outside the church is not holy or acceptable to God is false. Some pastors and ministers of God are behind this false claim. Most of them have been emotionally carried away by the doctrinal aspect of their churches against biblical position about marriage. You see! Marriage is an institution established by God Himself (Gen 2:15-18) and it is very old and older than the church and other institutions on earth. Apart from Adam and Eve who were the genesis of marriage, the institution called marriage, is older than any human being