Initiatives et Changement
Around 1938, Buchman transformed "The Oxford Groups" into "Moral Re-Armament". Controversy grew because the latter dissociated from Christian churches and New Testament orientation. "Moral Re-Armament" also took an increasing share of Shoemaker's time and the facilities of Calvary House in New York. Shoemaker re-evaluated his priorities, including with Frank Buchman and the "Oxford Group", as well as his commitment to evangelism, devotion to the Church of Christ in general and to the Episcopal Church. Efforts to work through these concerns in 1940 and 1941 proved fruitless. Shoemaker detached from Buchman and in the closing months of 1941, Calvarly Church's vestry formally asked "Moral Re Armament" to stop using Calvary House.