Three Self Church

(Three Self Patriotic Movement, 三自愛國運動). The united Protestant Church, established in 1954 and strictly controlled by the CCP, which appoints its leaders and pastors. It is part of the Red Market. The CCP’s project was, and is, that all Chinese Protestants should join this Church, but many resist and gather in house churches.

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