Jabez Tunnicliff

Reverend Jabez Tunnicliff (7 February 1809 – 15 June 1865) was a minister of the General Baptist Church in England.

[2] He was apprenticed at age 13 to learn japanning, and used this skill to support himself as a painter and decorator in some pastoral situations.

[4] While fundraising for the new building at Cradley Heath, he was asked to become the minister of Longford Baptist Church (between Coventry and Bedworth, Warwickshire), where he had a successful ministry until 1842.

He resigned that pastorate with a view to working in America, but was employed by the Baptist Home Mission department in Leeds.

[5] During his time at Leeds, Jabez Tunnicliff became an advocate for temperance, and spoke out for this alongside his regular church work.