Three years later the TSRM gave way to the Three-Self Patriotic Movement, again with Wu as chairman. In an address to the conference that marked that transition, he denounced Hudson Taylor, the late founder of the China Inland Mission, as an imperialist tool.
In the subsequent three years, the Three-Self Patriotic Movement replaced the TSRM, with Wu serving as chairman. At the conference signifying this change, he condemned Hudson Taylor, the late leader of the China Inland Mission, for being an imperialist agent.