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Text:We Are the Church
Author:Richard Avery
Author:Donald Marsh
Tune:[The Church is not a building]
Composer:Richard Avery
Composer:Donald Marsh

94. We Are the Church

Text Information
First Line: The Church is not a building
Title: We Are the Church
Author: Richard Avery
Author: Donald Marsh
Refrain First Line: I am the Church, you are the Church
Language: English
Publication Date: 1982
Scripture: ; ; ; ;
Topic: The Church; Holy Spirit
Copyright: © 1972 by Hope Publishing Co.
ONE LICENSE: 04065
Tune Information
Name: [The Church is not a building]
Composer: Richard Avery
Composer: Donald Marsh
Key: G Major or modal
Copyright: © 1972 by Hope Publishing Co.



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