Common Slaves 2024 Spring Conference

The Common Slaves Fellowship

We are Slaves: It is a great honor to be a slave of the Lord Jesus Christ. As Paul indicates, to be a slave of Jesus means our priority is to win the favor of God, not people. We are committed to living in the fear of God, not the fear of man.

Jesus Christ is our Master; Him we will serve.“…we are not proclaiming ourselves but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your slaves because of Jesus.” 2Cor 4:5 HCSB

We are Common: Beyond being a reference to the fact that we are anything but towering titans of a commercialized Christianity but rather ordinary laborers in the sparsely populated segments of the harvest field, the word “common” refers to these three things:

…With Common Confession, Our common confession is rooted in the labors of those elder brothers who found it necessary once again to craft a document that would carefully and succinctly define the doctrines of the Protestant faith, such as The Westminster Confession and the London Baptist Confession

…with Common Calling We find a point of commonality in our Divine calling to serve Jesus’ bride as pastor/elders.

…in a Common Field The fields in which the Common Slaves minister are the rural towns of Central Minnesota.

Goals: It is the purpose of the Common Slaves to foster a brotherhood and network of mutual encouragement and edification among brothers who are united doctrinally, yet diverse denominationally. Furthermore, we wish to encourage and foster a sense of community and fellowship between the churches. We are privileged to serve by providing regular events at which multiple congregations may gather and worship together, with a focus on the ministry of preaching. It is our hope that the lifting up and strengthening of pastor and congregation, of shepherd and sheep, will strengthen the entire rural church in our corner of Minnesota so she may be more bold in her witness and striking in her resemblance of her Savior, for the good of the little communities in which we live, which so desperately need the gospel