He opposed the formation of state-sanctioned Christian churches in China (Three-Self Patriotic Movement) and supported the Legion of Mary, an association of Catholic laity that was viewed as reactionary organization by the communists.
The three principles of self-governance, self-support (i.e., financial independence from foreigners) and self-propagation (i.e., indigenous missionary work) were first articulated by Henry Venn, General Secretary of the Church Missionary Society from 1841–73, and Rufus Anderson, foreign secretary of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions.
A Three-Self Patriotic Movement Protestant Church is located in the south of Xinzhuang.
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In 1958 the last Bishop of Chekiang, K. H. Ting, lost his diocese when all Anglican and Protestant Christian denominations were compulsorily merged into the Three-Self Patriotic Movement.
He became friends with young Chinese Christian leaders, including T. Z. Koo (Gu Ziren), an evangelist, and Y. T. Wu, founder of the Three-Self Patriotic Movement in China.