Christian and Faith-Based Coaching
If you want your faith to be part of how you work through relationships, decisions, and hard seasons, Dr. Larry Porter provides Christian, faith-based coaching that makes room for it. Coaching is available online across the US and in person in Sioux Falls, SD. Faith is included only if you want it.
Online across the US and in person in Sioux Falls, SD
What is faith-based coaching?
Faith-based coaching is coaching that makes room for your faith as part of the conversation. You still work on practical things like relationships and decisions, but you do it with your faith in view instead of setting it aside.
In this work, faith is not pasted onto a generic process. It shapes how you think about commitment and responsibility. At the same time, the work stays grounded in real life and real next steps.
Who is Christian coaching for?
Christian coaching is for people who want spiritual seriousness without spiritual pretense. That might be someone discerning a next step, a couple whose shared faith is not translating into better conversations at home, or someone whose faith has started to feel like pressure instead of peace.
It can also help people who are tired of polished answers. You do not have to sound settled to begin. Honest faith can say, "I am discouraged," or "I do not know what to do next," and start from there.
Can I work with a Christian life coach online?
Yes. Dr. Porter works with coaching clients online across the US, so you can meet from wherever you are. If you live near Sioux Falls, South Dakota, in-person coaching is also available. Details for in-person sessions are shared after the discovery call.
Online coaching follows the same approach as in-person work. The conversation has direction, stays tied to your real situation, and ends with something concrete to practice.
Do I have to be a Christian to work with Dr. Porter?
No. Faith is part of Dr. Porter's foundation, but it is handled with maturity and restraint. If you want faith included, it can be part of the conversation about meaning, relationships, and the decisions in front of you. If you do not, it will not be forced.
You can work with Dr. Porter on relationships, work, or personal patterns without any faith emphasis at all. You decide how much, if any, faith belongs in your coaching.
Is faith-based coaching the same as Christian counseling?
No. This is coaching. It isn't therapy or crisis care, and it focuses on clarity and practical next steps. It does not diagnose or treat mental health conditions.
If you are facing a crisis, safety concerns, addiction, active trauma symptoms, or severe depression or anxiety, clinical care should come first. Dr. Porter's background helps him say plainly when another kind of support would be wiser.
The first step is a short questionnaire, followed by a free discovery call to talk about what you are facing and whether coaching fits.
Common questions
What does a Christian life coach do?
A Christian life coach helps you work on real-life concerns, such as relationships, decisions, and repeating patterns, with your faith included in the conversation. With Dr. Porter, the focus stays practical: naming what is happening, understanding the pattern, and practicing a wiser response that fits your values.
Will faith be part of every session?
Only if you want it to be. You decide how much faith belongs in the conversation. Some clients want it woven through the work. Others want it in the background or not at all. Either way, it will not be forced or added awkwardly.
Can couples get faith-based coaching together?
Yes. Couples who share a faith often want it to be part of how they work on communication, conflict, and expectations. Faith can be included in couples coaching when both partners want it, alongside practical tools for the conversations that keep going wrong.
Is Christian coaching available online?
Yes. Faith-based coaching works the same online, wherever you live in the US, as it does in person in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The first step is a short questionnaire, followed by a free discovery call to talk about fit.
Is this a replacement for pastoral care or therapy?
No. Coaching is not pastoral care, therapy, or crisis support. It can sit alongside the support you already have from your church or a clinician. If something you are facing needs clinical care first, Dr. Porter will tell you that honestly.
Ready to find out whether coaching fits?
Answer a few brief questions so Dr. Porter can understand what you are hoping to work through and whether a discovery call is the right next step.