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HISTORY In 1951, a Cantonese Christian named Wú Yàozōng (吴耀宗, 1893-1979) initiated the Three-Self Patriotic Movement, which promoted a strategy of 'self-governance, self-support, and self-propagation' in order to remove foreign influences from the Chinese churches. This was to assure the Communist government that the churches would be patriotic to the newly-established People's Republic of China. The strange-sounding name 'Three-Self' is a characteristically Chinese way of abbreviating 'self-governance, self-support, self-propagation' (自治、自养、自传). The movement began formally in 1954. From 1966 to 1976 the Cultural Revolution stopped the expression of religious life for Christians in China. In 1979 the church was restored, and in 1980 the China Christian Council was formed. Through the council, the registered Protestant church participates in the World Council Of Churches . The two associations claim that Christianity in China is 'post-. The public representation of the two associations is usually carried out by Bishop K. H. Ting , an Anglican (or post-Anglican) bishop. ORIGIN OF THE THREE-SELF PRINCIPLES The three principles of self-governance, self-support (i.e., financial support) and self-propagation (i.e., indigenous missionary work) were first put forward by the Henry Venn The Younger , General Secretary of the English Church Missionary Society in 1841. REFERENCE
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