An organization founded in 1938 by Frank Nathan Daniel Buchman (1878 - 1961). It was preceded by "A First Century Christian Fellowship" at the time of World War I, and "The Oxford Group" in 1929. The Oxford Group was the source of Alcoholics Anonymous and other 12 step programs. The goal of all of the groups was to change society one person at a time, by promoting absolute purity, unselfishness, honesty and love. Buchman's principles continue today in the group Initiatives of Change International.