✝️ Ministry Coach: Commissioning Service
3-Minute Local Ordination & Commissioning Ceremony
Soul Coach License Credential – Laying on of Hands
Leader note: Read straight through. Where you see brackets, fill in the details. Choose ONE optional insert—A, B, C, or D—and delete the others.
1) Opening & Introduction
30 seconds
Leader:
Today, we gather here as a local expression of Christ’s Church at [Name of place—church / home ministry / Bible study / ministry team / Soul Center] in [City, State].
We are here because Christian ministry is recognized, affirmed, and sent in community. Calling is discerned among God’s people, shaped through study and character, and strengthened through prayer and witnesses.
[Name] has completed a study-based Soul Coach pathway through the Christian Leaders Alliance and has pursued the Soul Coach License Credential. Today, this local and public commissioning completes the biblical pattern of prayer, affirmation, and the laying on of hands.
The Church is not only a building. The Church is God’s people gathered in Jesus’ name—growing, discerning, encouraging, and being sent together.
Optional Insert — Choose One
A — Local Church Soul Coaching Ministry
In the context of [Name of Church], we commission [Name] to serve as a Soul Coach—supporting members, leaders, volunteers, and seekers as they engage Christian Growth resources, discern faithful next steps, and grow under the Lordship of Jesus Christ.
B — House Church / Small Group Network
Within this house church or small group network, we commission [Name] to serve as a Soul Coach—offering prayer, listening, encouragement, and faithful next-step support as people grow spiritually, personally, and relationally.
C — Soul Center / Soul Coaching Hub
As a Soul Center in [City/Region], we commission [Name] to serve as a Soul Coach from this spiritual base—encouraging living souls through prayer, Christian Growth courses, Soul Growth conversations, and biblical support rooted in Christ.
D — Embedded Soul Coach Role
In this community of [City/Region], we recognize [Name] as an embedded Soul Coach, serving within everyday ministry life—walking alongside people as they engage Christian Growth resources, navigate life challenges, and take faithful next steps before God.
Leader continues:
Today, we publicly commission [Name] for ministry as a Soul Coach, affirming their training, character, and calling to help others grow in faith, receive encouragement, and walk faithfully with Jesus Christ.
2) Scripture
15–20 seconds
Leader:
Hear the Word of God:
“Therefore exhort one another, and build each other up, even as you also do.”
1 Thessalonians 5:11, WEB
3) Recognition of Preparation
15 seconds
Leader:
[Name] has completed Soul Coach preparation and has been recognized through a study-based credential pathway with the Christian Leaders Alliance.
Now, as a local Christian community, we complete this moment by commissioning [Name] publicly in prayer, with thanksgiving to God and with the laying on of hands.
4) Charge
20 seconds
Leader, to Candidate:
[Name], as a Soul Coach, you are entrusted with walking alongside others as they take faithful next steps under the Lordship of Jesus Christ.
Serve with humility, patience, prayer, and love. Listen more than you speak. Encourage without controlling. Guide without pretending to be the Savior. Help others engage God’s Word, Christian Growth resources, and wise next steps.
Let your Soul Coaching create space for the Holy Spirit to work.
5) Questions
20–30 seconds
Leader:
Do you believe that Jesus Christ is your Lord and Savior and affirm the Bible as the Word of God?
Candidate:
I do, God helping me.
Do you believe God has called you to serve as a Soul Coach?
Candidate:
I do, God helping me.
Do you commit to serve others with prayer, humility, confidentiality, encouragement, and dependence on the Holy Spirit?
Candidate:
I do, God helping me.
Do you commit to respect the limits of the Soul Coach role, referring to pastors, counselors, medical professionals, emergency services, or appropriate authorities when needs exceed your training or scope?
Candidate:
I do, God helping me.
Do you agree to walk in accountability—and if you stray from the Christian walk, will you notify appropriate leaders and vacate this commissioning?
Candidate:
I do, God helping me.
6) Laying on of Hands & Prayer
45 seconds
Leader note: The leader and/or elders place hands gently on the candidate.
Leader:
Let us pray.
Heavenly Father,
we thank You for [Name] and for the calling You have placed upon their life.
As we lay hands upon them today, we recognize and bless what You have already begun. Guide them by Your Word. Fill them with Your Spirit. Guard their life, witness, and ministry.
Grant them wisdom to listen well, patience to walk slowly, and discernment to recognize Your work in others.
May their presence bring encouragement.
May their questions invite reflection.
May their prayers strengthen faith.
May their ministry help living souls take faithful next steps with Jesus Christ.
We commission and send [Name] now as a Soul Coach,
in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
7) Final Declaration & Blessing
10–15 seconds
Leader:
By prayer and the laying on of hands, we publicly commission you, [Name], as a Soul Coach—locally affirmed, prayerfully sent, and recognized to serve living souls with grace, truth, humility, and hope.
Go in the wisdom, peace, and love of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Amen.