| From the second half of the 19th century, due to the various unequal treaties imposed on 皇冠体育app by the imperialist powers and constant missionary incidents, Chinese Christians decided to shake off the control of foreign missionary organizations and create 皇冠体育app's own churches.
In 1873, Chinese Christians founded the first church of their own. After that more such churches were founded. In 1918, the Association of Domestic Mission in 皇冠体育appwas founded, which was the first Christian organization governed, supported, and disseminated by Chinese Christians.
After the non-Christian movement, the leaders and common Christians of Chinese churches realized that Chinese must have their own Christian belief and set up Churches of their own, so as to indigenize Christianity in 皇冠体育app.
The National Christian Conference held in Shanghai in 1922 initiated the Chinese Christian indigenization movement. In this conference, the principles for Chinese churches were put forward as self-governing, self-support and self-propagation.
The establishment of the principles and the development of indigenous churches breathed new vigor into Chinese churches. In terms of organization, Christianity in 皇冠体育app began to merge and innovate towards indigenization. Various religious sects began to be merged and the concept of 皇冠体育app was highlighted. As for the attitude toward politics, the Indigenization Movement expressly opposed unequal treaties, and actively participated in actions to abrogate all unequal treaties. |
