Class meeting in methodist

John Wesley, "Many met together to consult on a proper method for discharging the public debt. And it was at length agreed (1) that every member of the society who was able should contribute a penny a week; (2) that the whole society should be divided into little companies or classes, about twelve in each class; and (3) that one person in each class should receive the contribution of the rest and bring it in to the stewards weekly."4243"[Making Disciples]"When it became impracticable for leaders to visit each member weekly, the groups began to meet at the leaders' homes or at the meeting house.43"[Making Disciples]"This class structure soon became the norm for each Methodist society because of the "benefits of Christian fellowship. Each person in a society became a member of a class that met weekly to "'bear one another's burdens,' and 'naturally' to 'care for each other.'"4445"[Making Disciples]"The design of the class was "that we will meet together once a week to 'confess our faults one to another, and pray for one another that we may be healed.'"45"[Making Disciples]
"Since the qualification for Methodist membership was not conversion but the desire for conversion, it followed that many were converted after they joined the society and class."46"[Making Disciples]"The rules for the band were very strict, with eleven questions to be answered upon entering the band and five questions addressed at each meeting. "1. What known sins have you committed since our last meeting?""2. What temptations have you met with?""3. How was you delivered?""4. What have you thought, said, or done, of which you doubt whether it be sin or not?""5. Have you nothing you desire to keep secret?56"