What We Can Learn from Y. T. Wu Today
Wu Yaozong (1893–1979), or Y. T. Wu as he was known in Western circles, rose from his work in the Shanghai branch of the YMCA to become the leader of those Chinese Christians who determined to support the new regime after the communist victory over Nationalist forces in 1949. Earlier, in 1945, he ha...
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Sage Publishing
1990
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International bulletin of mission research
Year: 1990, Volume: 14, Issue: 4, Pages: 158-161 |
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| Summary: | Wu Yaozong (1893–1979), or Y. T. Wu as he was known in Western circles, rose from his work in the Shanghai branch of the YMCA to become the leader of those Chinese Christians who determined to support the new regime after the communist victory over Nationalist forces in 1949. Earlier, in 1945, he had founded Tian Feng but wasforced to resign its editorship on account of an article he wrote attacking the association of Christianity in China with capitalism and American policies. In the spirit of the principles of self-support, self-government, and self-propagation, Wu incorporated the slogan ai quo ai jiao (love country, love church) in the Three-Self Patriotic Movement. Around him gathered a circle of younger men and women who shared his determination to end Western domination of the Chinese churches. Best known of these today is Bishop K. H. Ting, author of the following article. He followed Wu as Chair of the National Three-Self Patriotic Movement and also founded the China Christian Council. Bishop Ting's address was presented in Shanghai in September 1989, at a gathering called by the China Christian Council and the National Three-Self Movement Committee in Shanghai. Sister Theresa Chu, R.S.C.]., of the Canada China Project, provided the English translation from which this article is adapted. |
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| ISSN: | 2396-9407 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: International bulletin of mission research
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/239693939001400402 |