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I Really Love the Lord

Author: Jimmy Dowell Appears in 6 hymnals First Line: I really love the Lord!

[I really love the Lord]

Appears in 6 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Jimmy Dowell; Nolan Williams, Jr. b. 1969 Tune Key: B Flat Major Incipit: 17175 62121 71176 Used With Text: I Really Love the Lord

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Author: Jimmy Dowell Hymnal: Zion still Sings #41 (2007) First Line: I really love the Lord! Topics: Praise and Adoration The Sacrifice of Jesu Christ; Choruses; Faith; God Our Love For God; Jesus Christ Our Love For Jesus; Victory Languages: English Tune Title: [I really love the Lord]

I Really Love the Lord

Author: Jimmy Dowell Hymnal: Hymns and Devotions for Daily Worship (African American Edition) #49b (2025) Topics: Ordinary Time Week 23 Scripture: Deuteronomy 6:5 Languages: English Tune Title: [I really love the Lord]

I Really Love the Lord!

Author: Jimmy Dowell Hymnal: Lead Me, Guide Me (2nd ed.) #367 (2012) Topics: Faith; Love for Jesus Christ; Victory over Sin and Death Languages: English Tune Title: [I really love the Lord!]

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Nolan Williams

Person Name: Nolan Williams, Jr. b. 1969 Arranger of "[I really love the Lord]" in African American Heritage Hymnal

Jimmy Ray Dowell

1946 - 2004 Person Name: Jimmy Dowell Author of "I Really Love the Lord" in African American Heritage Hymnal Jimmy Ray Dowell (b 4 Apr. 1946, Muskegon, MI | d 11 Dec. 2004, Detroit, MI), son of Percy Dowell and Essolina West, took piano lessons from age 6, and started directing choirs at Bethesda Baptist Church, Muskegon, MI, at age 14. He studied music at Interlochen and the University of Michigan, not completing a degree, before becoming music director of the Muskegon Community Choir (1967), New Hope and Zion Westside Baptist Churches, Muskegon, and the Jimmy Dowell Singers, then minister of music at St. James Missionary Baptist Church, Detroit (1976), where he recorded albums with Rev. Charles H. Nicks, Andre Woods, and others, earning GMWA Choir of the Year awards in 1982 and 1983. His most famous song, “I Really Love the Lord,” was named Song of the Year at the Gospel Music Excellence Awards (1981). He was inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame (2003). —Chris Fenner, Hymns & Devotions for Daily Worship: African American Edition (2025)

Glenn L. Jones

b. 1949 Person Name: Glenn L. Jones, b. 1949 Arranger of "[I really love the Lord]" in Total Praise Glenn L. Jones (b 3 Nov. 1949, Los Angeles, CA), pastor, composer, musician, and educator. He earned a Master of Arts in Pastoral Ministries and Church Music from Ashland Theological Seminary, Ashland, OH, and was a faculty member there. He has also served on the faculty of The University of California, San Diego, and Cypress Community College, Cypress, CA, and was he music director of the Flakes-Hynson School of Sacred Music and chair of Fine Arts at Arkansas Baptist College, Little Rock, AR. For 24 years, he served on the music staff at the Hampton University Ministers’ Conference. He has served as pastor and/or music director of several Baptist and Presbyterian churches in California and Ohio. —Chris Fenner, Hymns & Devotions for Daily Worship: African American Edition (2025)