Religion: Buchmanites at Berne

Having set Norway "ablaze for Christ" (TIME, May 20), a team of Oxford Groupers (Buchmanites) lately invaded Denmark. There, with their knack for striking language, they marshaled forces to fight "The Second Battle of Jutland." They made an ally of Bishop Hans Fuglsang-Damgaard of Copenhagen, attracted large crowds and converted ("changed"), among others, a dentist, a chiropractor and a Copenhagen tap dancer. The Groupers were making more news last week in Switzerland where a team of 700 arrived to deal "spiritually" with the Ethiopian crisis.

Led by their redoubtable Frank Nathan Daniel Buchman,...

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