The group was more like a religious revolution, unhampered by institutional ties; it combined social activities with religion, it had no organized board of officers. The group declared itself to be not an "organization" but an "organism". Though Frank Buchman was the group's founder and leader, group members believed their true leader to be the Holy spirit and "relied on God Control", meaning "guidance received from God" by those people who had "fully surrendered to God's will". By working within all the churches, regardless of denomination, they drew new members.