Christian Henry Bateman
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Christian Henry Bateman (9 August 1813 – 27 July 1889) was an English minister and hymn writer.[1] He is chiefly known as the writer of "Come, Christians Join to Sing", a remix of William Edward Hickson's "Join Now in Praise, and Sing".[2]
Bateman was born in 1813 in Wyke, Yorkshire,[3] the son of John Bateman and Mary Agnes Latrobe. He was baptised into the Moravian Church.[4]
After successfully serving as a congregational minister at the Moravian Church, he was ordained at the Church of England at age 30.[2]
He ministered at the Richmond Place Congregational Church in Edinburgh, Scotland, and successive Congregational parishes in Hopton, Yorkshire, and Reading, Berkshire.[2] At age 56, he took Holy Orders in the Anglican Church and served as a curate and vicar in several Anglican parishes.[2]
