Three-Self Patriotic Movement

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The Three-Self Patriotic Movement is a state-sanctioned Protestant organization in China that promotes self-governance, self-support, and self-propagation of churches under government oversight.

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Label Occurrences
Three-Self Patriotic Movement canonical 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian organization in China ⓘ
religious organization ⓘ
state-sanctioned Protestant organization ⓘ
activity organizing Protestant worship within legal framework ⓘ
publishing religious materials under state regulation ⓘ
religious education under government oversight ⓘ
aimsTo eliminate foreign missionary control of Chinese churches ⓘ
alignedWith policies of the Chinese Communist Party ⓘ
associatedWith China Christian Council ⓘ
country China ⓘ
foundedAfter establishment of the People’s Republic of China ⓘ
foundedInPeriod early 1950s ⓘ
hasMembership registered Protestant clergy ⓘ
registered Protestant congregations ⓘ
headquartersLocation Beijing ⓘ
historicalContext Cold War anti-imperialist campaigns in China ⓘ
ideology three-self principles ⓘ
influences structure of Protestant church life in mainland China ⓘ
languageOfWork Chinese ⓘ
legalStatus officially recognized religious body ⓘ
monitoredBy United Front Work Department of the CCP ⓘ
motto self-governance ⓘ
self-propagation ⓘ
self-support ⓘ
movementType patriotic religious movement ⓘ
nativeNameLanguage Chinese ⓘ
operatesUnder Chinese Communist Party ⓘ
State Administration for Religious Affairs ⓘ
opposedTo unregistered house churches ⓘ
parentOrganization Chinese Communist Party United Front system ⓘ
policy sinicization of Christianity ⓘ
principle self-governance of churches ⓘ
self-propagation of churches ⓘ
self-support of churches ⓘ
purpose to place Protestant churches under state oversight ⓘ
to promote loyalty to the Chinese state among Protestants ⓘ
to reduce foreign influence in Chinese Protestant churches ⓘ
recognizedBy Government of the People’s Republic of China ⓘ
regulates registered Protestant churches in China ⓘ
regulatoryRole approval of church buildings for registered Protestants ⓘ
coordination of church-state relations for Protestants in China ⓘ
religion Protestantism ⓘ
religiousDenomination various Protestant denominations ⓘ
scope nationwide in mainland China ⓘ
shortName TSPM ⓘ
subjectOf debates on religious freedom in China ⓘ
supervises ordination of Protestant clergy in registered churches ⓘ
theological education in registered Protestant seminaries ⓘ

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