Loving Watching Over One Another–Classes and Bands
From Luke Powel Ministries
John Wesley organized the people into three types of groups: societies, which we spoke of yesterday, where larger groups of Christians in one area would gather to worship, pray, and hear the Word; and then there were also classes, which were smaller groups of 10-12, where the people could discuss things and talk about their own Christian walk over the last week; and then there were bands, which were small groups of 3 or 4 people of the same gender and age usually, who would get very serious and honest with each other to keep each other accountable in their quest for Christian perfection.
Some people think that the small group phenomenon in church happened in the last 30 years. But Wesley was doing it 260 years before! He believed strongly in Christian people watching over each other and helping each other along the road.
