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Wherever He Leads I'll Go

Author: B. B. McKinney Appears in 43 hymnals First Line: "Take up thy cross and follow Me" Topics: Commitment; Discipleship Used With Tune: [Take up thy cross and follow Me]

FALLS CREEK

Meter: Irregular Appears in 37 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: B. B. McKinney Tune Key: F Major Incipit: 53344 55123 33212 Used With Text: Wherever He Leads I'll Go

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Published text-tune combinations (hymns) from specific hymnals

Take Up Thy Cross and Follow Me

Author: B. B. McKinney Hymnal: Hymns for the Living Church #473 (1974) Meter: 8.6.8.7 with refrain First Line: "Take up thy cross and follow Me" Refrain First Line: Wherever He leads I'll go Topics: Christ Leader; Cross of the believer; Dedication of Life; Invitation to Consecration Scripture: Psalm 23:4 Languages: English Tune Title: FALLS CREEK

Wherever He Leads I'll Go

Author: B.B. McKinney Hymnal: The New Church Hymnal #326 (1976) First Line: "Take up thy cross and follow Me" Topics: The Christian Life Guidance and Care; Christ His love; Christian Life; Closing Hymns; Obedience; Stewardship Languages: English Tune Title: ["Take up thy cross and follow Me"]

Wherever He Leads, I'll Go

Author: B. B. McKinney Hymnal: Yes, Lord! #370 (1982) First Line: "Take up thy cross and follow Me" Refrain First Line: Wherever He leads I'll go Topics: Aspiration Languages: English Tune Title: [Take up thy cross and follow Me]

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B. B. McKinney

1886 - 1952 Author of "Wherever He Leads I'll Go" in Baptist Hymnal 1991 Pseudonyms-- Martha Annis (his mother’s maiden name was Martha Annis Heflin) Otto Nellen Gene Routh (his wife’s maiden name was Leila Irene Routh) ----- Son of James Calvin McKinney and Martha Annis Heflin McKinney, B . B. attended Mount Lebanon Academy, Louisiana; Louisiana College, Pineville, Louisiana; the Southwestern Baptist Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas; the Siegel-Myers Correspondence School of Music, Chicago, Illinois (BM.1922); and the Bush Conservatory of Music, Chicago. Oklahoma Baptist University awarded him an honorary MusD degree in 1942. McKinney served as music editor at the Robert H. Coleman company in Dallas, Texas (1918–35). In 1919, after several months in the army, McKinney returned to Fort Worth, where Isham E. Reynolds asked him to join the faculty of the School of Sacred Music at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He taught at the seminary until 1932, then pastored in at the Travis Avenue Baptist Church in Fort Worth (1931–35). In 1935, McKinney became music editor for the Baptist Sunday School Board in Nashville, Tennessee. McKinney wrote words and music for about 150 songs, and music for 115 more. --© Cyber Hymnal™ (www.hymntime.com/tch)

Ken Barker

b. 1955 Arranger (choral ending) of "FALLS CREEK" in The Celebration Hymnal Ken Barker is an American church musician, arranger, and editor whose work shaped late-20th- and early-21st-century evangelical hymnals. Educated in music (B.M.E., West Texas A&M, 1977; M.M.E., University of North Texas, 1979), he served on church staffs and then in publishing leadership with Word Music and later LifeWay Worship. Barker was an associate/senior editor or project leader for major volumes including The Hymnal for Worship and Celebration (1986), Songs for Praise & Worship (1991), The Celebration Hymnal (1997), and the Baptist Hymnal (2008). In addition to editorial work, he has published numerous choral and keyboard arrangements and remains active in local church ministry and in mentoring worship leaders. J. S. McDuff (from Celebration Ministry Staffing biography of Ken Barker and related professional notices; see also blog.discoverworship.com industry features, retrieved 10/10/2025)