High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Wu was born in Guangzhou in 4 Nov.1893 to a family which was engaged in commerce. In 1913, he went to Beijing to study at a school of tax studies and, upon graduation, worked for a customs office. Wu had converted to Christianity in his youth. In 1918, he became a member of a Congregational Church and was baptized. In 1924, he worked for YMCA, managing its shools. In 1924, he went to the U.S. to study at Union Theological Seminary in New York City, from which he received a master's degree in philosophy. He was influenced by the social gospel and the ethical teachings of Jesus and not fond of the supernaturally oriented theology of most churches. He had been a YMCA secretary, author, and editor of a Christian magazine before the Communist takeover of China was complete. In response to a call from, and in consultation with Premier Zhou Enlai he published the "Christian Manifesto", eventually signed by 400,000 signatories, that launched the Three-Self Patriotic Movement. He was a dominant figure in the movement until the Cultural Revolution of 1966-1977, during which he was put to the forced reform through labor.

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