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Frank Buchman | |
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 Buchman, c. 1945 | |
| Born | Franklin Nathaniel Daniel Buchman June 4, 1878 Pennsburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | August 7, 1961 (aged 83) |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | Founding leader of the Oxford Group |
| Official name | Frank N.D. Buchman |
| Type | Roadside |
| Designated | October 19, 1991[1] |
| Location | 772 Main St. (PA Route 29) near 8th St., Pennsburg, Pennsylvania |
Franklin Nathaniel Daniel Buchman (June 4, 1878 – August 7, 1961), best known as Frank Buchman, was an American Lutheran who founded the First Century Christian Fellowship in 1921, renamed as the Oxford Group in 1928, that was transformed under his leadership in 1938 into the Moral Re-Armament and became Initiatives of Change in 2001.[2][3] As a leader of the Moral Re-Armament, he was decorated by the French and German governments for his contributions to Franco-German reconciliation following the end of World War II.[4][5]
- ^ "PHMC Frank N.D. Buchman". Retrieved April 2, 2017.
- ^ Initiatives of Change – An overview Archived August 24, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Oxford Group biography
- ^ Edward Luttwak, "Franco-German Reconciliation: The Overlooked Role of the Moral Re-Armament Movement", in Religion, the Missing Dimension of Statecraft, edited by Douglas Johnston & Cynthia Sampson, OUP 1994, page 52.
- ^ Garth Lean, Frank Buchman - A Life, Constable 1985, 292-303.