Tianjin

Tianjin

Tianjin 天津
		POPULATION						CHRISTIANS					Total
							Evangelicals			Catholics			Christians
		Census	Census			Estimate			TOTAL			TOTAL		% of 2020
Location		2000	2010	Growth		2020	TSPM	House church	Evangelicals	CPA	House church	Catholics	TOTAL	Population

Tianjin Municipality	天津市
Baodi District	宝坻区	646,947	799,157	152,210	23.53%	951,367	5,708	6,850	12,558 [1]	3,330	3,996	7,326	19,884	2.09%
Beichen District	北辰区	444,791	669,121	224,330	50.43%	893,451	5,361	6,433	11,794	3,127	3,752	6,880	18,673	2.09%
Binhaixin District	滨海新区	1,115,997	2,423,204	1,307,207	117.13%	3,730,411	22,382	26,859	49,241	13,056	15,668	28,724	77,966	2.09%
Dongli District	东丽区	442,224	598,966	156,742	35.44%	755,708	6,046	7,255	13,300	2,645	3,174	5,819	19,119	2.53%
Hebei District	河北区	633,603	788,451	154,848	24.44%	943,299	7,546	9,056	16,602	3,302	3,962	7,263	23,865	2.53%
Hedong District	河东区	720,247	860,852	140,605	19.52%	1,001,457	8,012	9,614	17,626	3,505	4,206	7,711	25,337	2.53%
Heping District	和平区	310,368	273,477	-36,891	-11.89%	236,586	1,893	2,271	4,164	828	994	1,822	5,986	2.53%
Hexi District	河西区	779,131	870,632	91,501	11.74%	962,133	7,697	9,236	16,934	3,367	4,041	7,408	24,342	2.53%
Hongqiao District	红桥区	527,013	531,526	4,513	0.86%	536,039	4,288	5,146	9,434	1,876	2,251	4,128	13,562	2.53%
Jinghai District	静海区	542,593	646,978	104,385	19.24%	751,363	6,011	7,213	13,224	2,630	3,156	5,785	19,009	2.53%
Jinnan District	津南区	417,254	593,063	175,809	42.13%	768,872	4,613	5,536	10,149	2,691	3,229	5,920	16,069	2.09%
Jizhou District	蓟州区	800,763	784,789	-15,974	-1.99%	768,815	4,613	5,535	10,148 [2]	2,691	3,229	5,920	16,068	2.09%
Nankai District	南开区	860,104	1,018,196	158,092	18.38%	1,176,288	7,058	8,469	15,527	4,117	4,940	9,057	24,584	2.09%
Ninghe District	宁河区	359,247	416,143	56,896	15.84%	473,039	3,311	3,974	7,285	1,656	1,987	3,642	10,927	2.31%
Wuqing District	武清区	814,752	951,078	136,326	16.73%	1,087,404	7,612	9,134	16,746 [3]	3,806	4,567	8,373	25,119	2.31%
Xiqing District	西青区	433,697	713,060	279,363	64.41%	992,423	6,947	8,336	15,283	3,473	4,168	7,642	22,925	2.31%
		9,848,731	12,938,693	3,089,962	31.37%	16,028,655	109,098	130,918	240,016 [4]	56,100	67,320	123,421 [5]	363,436	2.27%

Totals		9,848,731	12,938,693	3,089,962	31.37%	16,028,655	109,098 [6]	130,918 [7]	240,016 [8]	56,100 [9]	67,320	123,421 [10]	363,436 [11]	2.27%
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[1]

There were 143 Protestants in Baodi in 1922: Stauffer, The Christian Occupation of China , Appendix p.vii.

[2]

There were just 29 Protestants in Ji Xian (later incorporated into Jizhou) in 1922: Stauffer, The Christian Occupation of China , Appendix p.vii.

[3]

There were 129 Protestants in Wuqing in 1922: Stauffer, The Christian Occupation of China , Appendix p.vii.

[4]

There were 15,000 believers in Tianjin City in 5 main churches: OMF (December 2002- January 2003). There were 3,421 Protestants in the city area in 1922: Stauffer, The Christian Occupation of China , Appendix p.vi. 36 Protestant churches were open in Tianjin in 1949. By 1958 only four remained open.

[5]

There were 50,000 Catholics in Tianjin in 1951, according to Palmer, God’s Underground in Asia (1953), p.147; the same number given half a century later by Hattaway, China's Unreached Cities , vol.2 (2003), p.83.

[6]

20,000 TSPM believers in Tiajin: Hattaway, China's Unreached Cities , vol.2 (2003), p.83.
Mandryk, Operation World (2010), p.247, listed a percentage which amounts to 74,700 TSPM believers in Tianjin.

[7]

30,000: Hattaway, China's Unreached Cities , vol.2 (2003), p.83. Mandryk, Operation World (2010), p.247, listed a percentage which amounts to 112,000 house church believers in Tianjin. Johnstone & Mandryk, Operation World (2001), p.178, listed a percentage which amounts to 39,500 house church believers in Tianjin.

[8]

Evangelicals in Tianjin
    3,421 (1922 - Stauffer, The Christian Occupation of China , Appendix p.vi)
    7,000 (1950 - Global Chinese Ministries, May 2002)
    8,000 (1990 - Zhongguo Shengshi Zizhiqu Ziliao Shouce , 1990)*
55,000 (1997 - Amity News Service, September 1997)*
59,300 (2001 - Johnstone & Mandryk, Operation World , p.178)
19,650 (2004 - Amity News Service, November-December 2004)*
186,700 (2010 - Mandryk, Operation World , p.247)

* Denotes source may only refer to registered church estimates. TSPM figures typically only count adult baptized members.

[9]

20,000: Bridge (June-July 1988). Charbonnier, Guide to the Catholic Church in China (1989), p.59, listed 10,000 Catholics in Tianjin City.

[10]

Catholics in Tianjin
105,170 (1907 in 456 churches including Beijing: Wolferstan, The Catholic Church in China , p.450)
50,000 (1950 - Compiled from diocese figures at www.catholic-hierarchy.org)
46,000 (1985 - China Daily , 9 December 1985)*
90,000 (1988 - Tianjin Daily , 18 February 1989)*
100,000 (1997 - Charbonnier, Guide to the Catholic Church in China , p.58)*
172,000 (1997 - Lift Up Our Holy Hands , October 1997)
168,000 (2001 - Johnstone & Mandryk, Operation World , p.178)
286,300 (2010 - Mandryk, Operaton World , p.247)

* Denotes source may only refer to registered church estimates. CPA figures typically only count adult baptized members.

[11]

100,000 total Christians in Tianjin: Hattaway, China's Unreached Cities , vol.2 (2003), p.83. This number has grown in recent years due to the influx of immigrants to the city, including many from strong Christian areas.