Editing The Way International (section)

==Structure==

===Organization===
[[File:Prevailing Word Auditorium-7.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Main entrance to the Prevailing Word Auditorium, a 1,400-seat Teaching Center which holds Sunday teaching services, conferences and performances.<ref>Prevailing Word Auditorium flyer, 2011.</ref>]]

The Way International headquarters is located in [[New Knoxville, Ohio]]. The organization also owns and operate Camp Gunnison—The Way Family Ranch in [[Gunnison, Colorado]].<ref>"About Camp Gunnison" https://campgunnison.org/about-us/</ref> The Way is organized into Regions, States, and Branches,<ref name=TWI>{{cite web|url=http://www.theway.org/topic.php?page=about |title=The Way International - About Us |access-date=March 21, 2011}}</ref> with each Branch consisting of two or more home fellowships.<ref>"The Way International - Fellowship" https://www.theway.org/about-us/fellowship/</ref> The Way focuses on these fellowships as a basic organizational unit. Meetings are run in each home by fellowship coordinators who have completed The Way of Abundance and Power or the Power for Abundant Living Today class series. The Way International claims no official membership other than the board of directors; individuals who participate in fellowships are referred to as "followers of the way," or "believers".

Until at least the late 1980s, The Way's organization was based on a tree with "leaves" (individual believers), "twigs" (small group fellowships of about 6 to 12 persons, usually private homes or college bible groups), "branches" (groups of two or more fellowships in a local area such as a city), "limbs" (state organizations), "regions" (groupings of several "limbs") and the international headquarters in New Knoxville being the "trunk".

===Classes===
The Way offers three sequential classes covering Bible studies. The Foundational and Intermediate classes are required prior to taking any other classes. To qualify for the Advanced class, which is held specially in Ohio each summer, a student must first complete the Foundational and Intermediate classes twice, in addition to ''Defeating the Adversary''.<ref>"The Way International - Classes on the Bible" https://www.theway.org/grow/classes/</ref> Classes offered include:

* ''The Foundational Class on Power for Abundant Living Today''
* ''The Intermediate Class on Power for Abundant Living Today''
* ''The Advanced Class on Power for Abundant Living Today''
* ''Defeating the Adversary''
* ''Living God's Word as a Family''
* ''Practical Keys to Biblical Research''
* ''The Renewed Mind: The Key to Power''
* ''Living the Mystery as Members in Particular''
* ''Living the Book of Acts Today''

For years The Way offered a twelve-session, over 33-hour long ''Power for Abundant Living'' class, taught live by Wierwille beginning in 1953.<ref name="Hinnells1991">{{cite book|author=John R. Hinnells|title=Who's Who of World Religions|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CDSxCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA438|date=25 November 1991|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan UK|isbn=978-1-349-09500-1|pages=438–}}</ref> This class was offered in video and audio tape form from 1968 until it was replaced in 1995 by Martindale's class ''The Way of Abundance and Power'', which was restructured and re-filmed, being released in 2006.<ref>1953: ''Born Again to Serve'', p.99; 1968: ''The Teacher'', p.13; 1995: ''The Way Magazine'', March/April 1996, p.22</ref> The class was then replaced by ''Power for Abundant Living Today'' in 2022.<ref name="PFAL Today">{{cite web|url=https://www.theway.org/blog/power-for-abundant-living-today/|title=Power for Abundant Living Today|website=theway.org|date=April 24, 2022|access-date=June 19, 2023}}</ref>