20 – Thirty Thousand Classleaders
The number of Methodist pastors in the US is somewhere around 30,000. Classleaders should be at least as many. Consider it! thirty thousand individuals working in an environment that is…
19 – The Young People
As things stand, many young people have a great deal to learn about the Church’s forms, practices, and activities when they first join. Some people come from nonreligious backgrounds where…
18 – You Can if You Will
It has already been said that because the Class meeting has its origins in the Bible and the human soul, it cannot be destroyed. A means of grace that has…
17 – The Woman’s Meeting at McKendree
Some women associated with McKendree Methodist Church in Nashville, Tennessee, decided to meet once a week to carry out these desires after sensing the need for some special service in…
16 – What Form?
The number of students in a single class was initially set at twelve. Under the previous system of running the Class, this was the maximum number that one leader could…
15 – Types
A lawyer who was around 35 years old, a graduate of one of the oldest and best institutions, and the owner of a sizable wealth by inheritance served as the…
14 – And Yet Another
He was a kind man as well, although he wasn’t always wise. His fatal fluency was his shortcoming as a Classleader. He delivered speeches to the class rather than leading…
13 – Another
He was a good man as well. Others found him to be uncomfortably good. He wasn’t pleasant to be around outside of the class meeting. He was a disease there.…
12 – One of Them
He was a good man, but much of his goodness was in a bad way. He didn’t curse, steal, tell lies, or violate the Sabbath. He did not argue with,…
11 – Non-Adaptions
NON-ADAPTATIONS. The Class Meeting was hampered by the disregard for the law of temperamental and spiritual affinities. Too frequently, the classification of persons into classes was arbitrary. They weren’t asked…