The Three-Self Patriotic Movement (TSPM; Chinese: 三自爱国运动; pinyin: Sānzì Àiguó Yùndòng) is the official government supervisory organ for Protestantism in the People's Republic of China.

This conference led to the formation of the Preparatory Committee for the Oppose-America, Assist-Korea Three-Self Reform Movement of the Christian Church (TSRM) under China's United Work Front policy.

"[11] The declaration had the unexpected effect of swelling the membership of congregations that identified themselves as “self-run.”[12] When the TSPM was established in 1954, it promoted a three-self strategy in order to remove foreign influences from the Chinese churches and to assure the government that the churches would be patriotic to the newly established People's Republic of China.

[19] In 1979 the government officially restored the TSPM after thirteen years of non-existence,[17] and in 1980 the China Christian Council (CCC) was formed.

However, many Christians in China were skeptical of the government's intention in reinstituting the TSPM, partly because those entrusted in its local administration were often ones who had participated in repressive actions in the past.

[20][21][22] In 1980, the CCP Central Committee approved a request by the United Front Work Department to create a national conference for religious groups.

[17] Current theological emphasis is on "a protection and promotion of the five basic tenets of Christian faith—the Trinity, Christ being both human and God, the Virgin Birth, Death and Resurrection and the Second Coming.

"[24] The primary role of the TSPM was then delegated to liaison with the Government whereas the CCC serves as an ecclesial organization focusing on the internal management and affairs of the Church.

Authorities tightly monitor registered and unregistered religious groups,[27] and the TSPM is often charged with being an instrument for the secular Chinese government, which persecutes Christians outside of it.

[28] The attempt to bring house church Christians into the fold of "registered" meeting places has met with mixed results.

[17] Since the ascension of CCP general secretary Xi Jinping, the Chinese government has cracked down on house churches and oppressed their members, actions which the TSPM has supported.

[29] In 2018, the TSPM's parent organization, the State Administration for Religious Affairs, was absorbed into the CCP's United Front Work Department.

[3] In March 2019, Xu Xiaohong, the chairman of the National Three-Self Patriotic Movement Committee, gave a speech about the use of Christianity by western powers to destabilize China and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

[32] Through its official channels, TSPM has criticized the hymn for supposedly questioning the Movement's view of Christianity in service of Chinese socialism.

The mission of the church is to preach the gospel, to administer the Sacraments, to teach and nurture believers, to do good works, and to bear witness to the Lord.