Common Slaves intro

A Brief Introduction to the Common Slaves:

We are Slaves:

Of Jesus: “…am I now trying to win the favor of people, or God? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a slave of Christ.” Gal. 1:10 HCSB

Of the Church: “…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:

A Common Confession – The Common Slaves share a commitment to the supremacy of the Bible as our ultimate authority of faith and practice. And we share a common understanding of the Bible’s teaching and doctrine with those men known to church history as “the Reformers,” and are in agreement with the great confessions and creeds they produced articulating the Protestant (as opposed to Roman) understanding of the Gospel.

A Common Calling – The individual members of the Common Slaves are those called to serve the Church as Pastors and Elders. 

A Common Field – The pastors/elders and churches involved in Common Slaves are located in rural Minnesota. As such, we face common cultural realities, many of which are unknown and overlooked by the evangelical “culture makers.” We find particularly useful help, encouragement, and wisdom from each other as we serve in the same corner of God’s Kingdom.

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.