1949年中共建國，開啟了中國基督教歷史新的一頁。政治、社會、經濟處境甚至外交關係的變化，無可避免地制約了中國基督教的生存環境。在嶄新的形勢下，近代西方來華傳教運動及藉此建立的中國基督教事業，面對著前所未有的變局與挑戰。眾所週知，基督教三自革新運動的開展與深化，很大程度上主導，甚至改寫了1950年代中國基督教的發展格局。而〈中國基督教在新中國建設中努力的途徑〉宣言的出現，更揭開了基督教革新運動的序幕。本文旨在探討〈革新宣言〉的由來與影響，其中尤重分析中共、基督教民主人士及新教建制（協進會派）三者的互動關係。

Since the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949, the tremendous changes in political, social, economic and diplomatic conditions inevitably determined the environment in which the Chinese Church had to try to survive. The Western missionary movement and the Christian enterprise that stemmed from it were faced unprecedented challenges. The Christian Three-Self Reform Movement that was launched in the 1950s significantly reshaped the development of Christianity in China, giving it a patriotic and anti-imperialistic outlook. This paper examines the origins and the effects of the famous “Christian Manifesto” (Direction of Endeavor for Chinese Christianity in the Construction of New China) of 1950, to see how the reform of Chinese Protestantism was shaped and constrained by the interactions of the Chinese Communist Party, Y. T. Wu and the National Christian Council of China.