This paper critically examines John Wesley’s understanding of holiness, and the system he created to encourage it, in order to begin to understand its implications for contemporary small group discipleship.

First, it is argued that Wesley understood holiness primarily as a transformation of the affections that required response from the believer. Wesley’s discipleship system was designed to facilitate that response. The system itself is then analysed to determine how this process was intended to operate.

Wesley’s model is then critiqued in light of small group theory and transformative learning theory. Finally, principles are advanced that could guide a church in adapting Wesley’s system for contemporary use.

Throughout it is argued that Wesley’s model flourished because of a shared understanding of the Christian life and the provision of a complex ecology of groups. It is a model that, when adjusted and simplified, could provide significant benefits for the contemporary church.

本文批判性地考察了约翰·卫斯理对圣洁的理解，以及他为鼓励圣洁而建立的制度，以便开始理解圣洁对当代小团体门徒的影响。

首先，有人认为卫斯理主要把圣洁理解为对情感的一种转变，这种情感需要信徒的回应。韦斯利的门徒训练系统旨在促进这种反应。然后对系统本身进行分析，以确定该过程的预期运行方式。

然后，根据小组理论和变革性学习理论对韦斯利的模型进行了批判。最后，提出了一些原则，这些原则可以指导教会使卫斯理的系统适应当代使用。

自始至终，由于对基督徒生活的共同理解和对群体的复杂生态的提供，卫斯理的模式得以蓬勃发展。该模型经过调整和简化后，可以为当代教会带来巨大的好处。