13 Facts About Edward Steane

Edward Steane was a British Baptist minister of a church in Camberwell and one of the founders of the Evangelical Alliance.

Edward Steane's father dealt in wines and spirits and the family attended New Road Baptist Church.

Edward Steane's interests were at the New Road church and although he briefly worked as a chemist the church agreed that he was to be a minister.

Edward Steane was sent for training at Bristol Baptist College and then unsuccessfully at Edinburgh University.

Edward Steane returned to London where after a brief trial he started on his long career as minister at Denmark place in Camberwell.

In 1823 Edward Steane was appointed to be the pastor of the Baptist church in Denmark Place in Camberwell.

In 1840 Edward Steane attended the 1840 World Anti-Slavery Convention and he was included in the commemorative painting.

Edward Steane helped found the Bible Translation Society charity after the British and Foreign Bible Society refused to fund a translation.

Edward Steane served as its first secretary and later its treasurer.

In 1846 Edward Steane was appointed as one of the people required to set up a conference that resulted in the Evangelical Alliance.

Edward Steane is seen as one of the founders and he edited the organisation's periodical, Evangelical Christendom.

Edward Steane's failing health caused the church to appoint Rev Charles Stanford as a co-pastor at Camberwell in May 1858.

Three years later Stanford took the job on full-time, but Edward Steane was left with the title of Pastor until 1866.