Charles Vince (Baptist)

Charles Vince (1823–1874) was a noted and popular Baptist minister in Birmingham, England, at the Graham Street chapel from 1852 to 1874.

[1] He was one of the religious leaders developing Birmingham's Civic Gospel, with his predecessor at the chapel George Dawson, and Henry William Crosskey.

[2] Vince was born in Farnham, Surrey, into a Congregationalist background: his father was a carpenter and builder.

[6] As a figure of the Birmingham "civic renaissance" (or "civic gospel"), a movement promoted by Dawson's supporters, Vince spoke for causes including the Reform League, the National Education League, and the Liberal Association.

[13] The fourth son, W. B. Vince, was a solicitor and worked for the Birmingham Post before dying young.