Faith is social.
No holiness but social holiness: the class meeting, the society, the works of mercy — Methodism organizes.
Wesley said there is no holiness but social holiness, meaning that faith is not formed alone: the class meeting, the band, the society were structures for mutual accountability where members reported weekly on their spiritual state and their conduct. That organizational genius is why Methodism grew so fast, and it also produced the movement's consistent social engagement — Wesley's last letter was written against slavery.
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