Penitent band
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Penitent band
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In Methodism, inclusive of the holiness movement, a penitent band is a group of Christians that meets on Saturday night to keep themselves away from temptation and confess their sins. Saturday was the day that the founder of Methodism, John Wesley, had penitent bands meet because that was the day of "the night of greatest temptation for many" as bars experienced much traffic. Penitent band meetings "were very formal, and the hymns, prayers, and teachings were designed to apply to the types of pr
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penitent_band
date created:
2018-08-01T07:40:16Z
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2024-09-14T19:10:16Z
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