Religion: Christianity on the Job

There are not many chapels like the brand-new one which visitors streamed through all last week in Winston-Salem, N.C. It is tiny—only 9 ft. by 15 ft.—and is built into the mezzanine of a 20-story office building. But its originality lies chiefly in the congregation it is designed to serve: the employees of the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. (Camels, Prince Albert).

Reynolds took the first step in 1949, and it was a bold one: engaging the Rev. Clifford H. Peace, a 40-year-old Methodist minister, as "pastor-counselor" of the company, Reynolds President John C. Whitaker posted the company's reasons on bulletin boards...

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