This paper describes how the Shanghai Seventh-day Adventist Church
recommenced church ministry under the unique context of the “Three-Self”
Patriotic Movement (TSPM) under the government of the Communist Party of
China (CPC) in Shanghai. The paper begins by reviewing the history of Shanghai
Seventh-day Adventist Church prior 1949. It then examines in some details, how
the Church has re-organized itself in China today in response to the
"neo-religious" framework introduced by the “Three-Self” Patriotic Movement
(TSPM).
