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766. The Church of Christ Cannot Be Bound

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First Line: The church of Christ cannot be bound
Title: The Church of Christ Cannot Be Bound
Author: Adam M. L. Tice (2005)
Meter: CM
Language: English
Publication Date: 2013
Scripture: ; ; ;
Topic: The Church; Faith; Justice and Reconciliation (2 more...)
Copyright: © 2005 GIA Publications, Inc.
ONE LICENSE: 95081
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Name: MC KEE
Adapter: Harry T. Burleigh (1940)
Meter: CM
Key: C Major
Source: African American spiritual; Jubilee songs, 1884


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This text was the winning entry in a hymnwriting competition seeking new texts dealing with poverty and homelessness, but as the stanza sung at the beginning and end of the hymn makes clear, such specific ministries grow out of an understanding of the church as love in action.


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