Original: It was founded in 1922 in Switzerland by a group of mainly Lutheran theologians and ministers led by Friedrich Rittelmeyer , Claudia Becker , Attempts of religious renewal in the modern trend by the example of the evangelic theologian Friedrich Rittelmeyer ( 1872-1938 ) , Ph.D. dissertation , Freie Universität Berlin , 2000 .
Simplified: It was founded in 1922 in Dornach ( Switzerland ) by a group of theologians and pastors , led by the Protestant pastor Friedrich Rittelmeyer .