Christian Life Coach: ✝️ Commissioning Service

3-Minute Local Ordination & Commissioning Ceremony

Life Coach Credential – Certified Life Coach Recognition – 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 Life Coach pathway through the Christian Leaders Alliance and has pursued the Life Coach Credential, which recognizes qualified candidates as Certified Life Coaches. 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, equipping, and being sent together.

Optional Insert — Choose One

A — Local Church Life Coaching Ministry

In the context of [Name of Church], we commission [Name] to serve as a Life Coach—supporting members, leaders, volunteers, couples, families, and seekers as they clarify faithful goals, strengthen growth plans, and take next steps 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 Life Coach—offering prayer, listening, encouragement, coaching questions, accountability, and faithful next-step support as people grow spiritually, personally, and relationally.

C — Soul Center / Life Coaching Hub

As a Soul Center in [City/Region], we commission [Name] to serve as a Life Coach from this spiritual base—encouraging living souls through prayer, Christian coaching conversations, Christian Growth resources, Soul Growth discernment, and biblical support rooted in Christ.

D — Embedded Life Coach Role

In this community of [City/Region], we recognize [Name] as an embedded Life Coach, serving within everyday ministry life—walking alongside people as they discern direction, clarify goals, navigate challenges, strengthen habits, and take faithful next steps before God.

Leader continues:

Today, we publicly commission [Name] for ministry as a Life Coach, affirming their training, character, and calling to help others grow in faith, clarify direction, strengthen responsibility, 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 Life 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 Life Coach, you are entrusted with walking alongside others as they seek growth, clarity, direction, and faithful next steps under the Lordship of Jesus Christ.

Serve with humility, patience, prayer, and love. Listen more than you speak. Ask wise questions. Encourage without controlling. Guide without pretending to be the Savior. Help others engage God’s Word, Christian Growth resources, Soul Growth discernment, and faithful growth plans.

Let your Life Coaching ministry create space for the Holy Spirit to work.