Graham Kendrick

Graham Kendrick
Graham Kendrick
Short Name: Graham Kendrick
Full Name: Kendrick, Graham, 1950-
Birth Year: 1950

Graham Kendrick (b. England, August 2, 1950), the son of a Baptist minister in Northamptonshire, is one of the most prolific Christian singer-songwriters in the United Kingdom. He’s written music for over thirty years, and to date has released thirty-eight albums. He is best known for his songs “Shine, Jesus, Shine,” “Knowing You,” and “The Servant King.” Kendrick has received honorary doctorates in divinity from Brunel University and Wycliffe College. In 1987 he helped co-found the March for Jesus, which today is a global phenomenon in which Christians take their faith to the streets in a celebration of Christ. In 1995 Kendrick received a Dove Award for his international work, and he remains an active advocate for Compassion International, which is a Christian child sponsorship organization dedicated to the long-term development of children living in poverty around the world, and also is a contributor to CompassionArt, an organization with the aim of generating income from works of art to assist in the relief of suffering around the planet.

Laura de Jong

Wikipedia Biography

Graham Kendrick (born 2 August 1950) is an English Christian singer, songwriter and worship leader. He is the son of Baptist pastor M. D. Kendrick and grew up in Laindon, Essex, and Putney. He now lives in Tunbridge Wells and is a member of Christ Church, Tunbridge Wells. He was a member of Ichthus Christian Fellowship. Together with Roger Forster, Gerald Coates and Lynn Green, he was a founder of March for Jesus.
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Texts by Graham Kendrick (126)sort descendingAsAuthority LanguagesInstances
Above the clash of creedsGraham Kendrick (Author)English1
إبتهاج فرح في قلبناGraham Kendrick (Author)Arabic0
All heaven waits with bated breathGraham Kendrick (Author)English2
All I once held dear, built my life uponGraham Kendrick (b. 1950) (Author)English16
All the room was hushed and stillGraham Kendrick, b. 1950 (Author)English2
As we gather, Father, seal usGraham Kendrick (Author)English1
Beauty for brokennessGraham Kendrick (Author)English12
Can you see what we have madeGraham Kendrick (Author)English1
Clear the road, make wide the wayGraham Kendrick (Author)English1
Come and see, come and see, Come and see the King of loveGraham Kendrick (Author)English9
[Come, Let Us Return]Graham Kendrick (Author)English1
Come, let us worship JesusGraham Kendrick (Author)English4
Come on, let's get up and goGraham Kendrick (Author)English2
Come, see the beauty of the LordGraham Kendrick (Author)English2
Cristo ha puesto un canto en el corazónGraham Kendrick (b.1950) (Author)Spanish1
Cristo, tu gran amor me inspiraGraham Kendrick (Author)Spanish1
Darkness like a shroud covers the earthGraham Kendrick (Author)English3
Earth could not contain the treasuresGraham Kendrick (Author)English5
Earth lies spellbound in darknessGraham Kendrick (Author)English1
Far and near, hear the callGraham Kendrick (Author)English2
Father God, we worship youGraham Kendrick (Author)English4
Father, never was love so nearGraham Kendrick (Author)English1
First light is upon our facesGraham Kendrick (Author)English1
For God so loved the world That He gave His only Son (G. Kendrick)Graham Kendrick (Author)English2
For the joys and for the sorrowsGraham Kendrick (Author)English2
For this purpose Christ was revealedGraham Kendrick (Author)English3
From heaven you came, helpless babeGraham Kendrick (b. 1950) (Author)English15
From the sun's rising unto the sun's settingGraham Kendrick (Author)English6
From where the sun risesGraham Andrew Kendrick, b. 1950 (Author)English1
[God, Be Gracious]Graham Kendrick (Author)English1
God is good, we sing and shout itGraham Kendrick (Author)English5
Good news, good news to you we bringGraham Andrew Kendrick, b. 1950 (Author)English3
He has showed you, O man, what is goodGraham Kendrick (Author)English1
Therefore I will sing and I will rejoiceGraham Kendrick (Author)English3
He walked where I walkGraham Kendrick (Author)English3
Here is bread, here is wineGraham Kendrick (Author)English11
His clothing is splendour and majesty brightGraham Kendrick (Author)English2
How can I be free from sinGraham Kendrick (Author)English4
How good and how pleasant it is When we all live in unityGraham Andrew Kendrick, b. 1950 (Author)English1
I will build my church, I will build my churchGraham Kendrick (Author)English4
If My people who bear My nameGraham Kendrick (Author)English1
If you are encouraged in your union with ChristGraham Kendrick (Author)English2
I'm special because God has loved meGraham Kendrick (Author)English4
Immanuel, O ImmanuelGraham Kendrick (Author)English2
In the tomb so cold they laid HimGraham Andrew Kendrick, b. 1950 (Author)English4
Is anyone thirsty?Graham Kendrick (Author)English1
I've come to wash my soul in the living waterGraham Kendrick (Author)English1
Jesus' love has got under our skinGraham Kendrick (Author)English1
Jesus put this song into our heartsGraham Kendrick (Author)English9
Jesus, restore to us againGraham Kendrick (b. 1950) (Author)English2
Jesus, stand among us at the meeting of our livesGraham Kendrick (Author)English6
King of kings, Lord of lordsGraham Kendrick (Author)English1
Led like a lamb to the slaughter, in silence and shameGraham Kendrick (Author)English4
Let all the earth hear His voiceGraham Kendrick (Author)English1
Let God arise, And let His enemies be scatteredGraham Kendrick (Author)English2
Let it be to me according to Your wordGraham Kendrick (Author)English1
Let Me have My way among youGraham Kendrick (Author)English2
[Let the Same Mind]Graham Kendrick (Author)English1
Light has dawned that ever shall blazeGraham Kendrick (Author)English1
Like a candle flameGraham Kendrick (Author)English5
Look to the skies, there's a celebrationGraham Kendrick (Author)English2
Lord, have mercy on us, Come and heal our landGraham Kendrick (Author)English2
Lord, the light of your love is shiningGraham Kendrick (Author)English38
Lord, you are so precious to meGraham Kendrick (b. 1950) (Author)3
Lord, You have chosen me for fruitfulnessGraham Kendrick (Author)English1
Make way, make way, for Christ the KingGraham Andrew Kendrick, b. 1950 (Author)English12
May our worship be acceptable in Your sight, O LordGraham Kendrick (Author)English1
May the fragrance of Jesus fill this placeGraham Kendrick (Author)English4
Meekness and majesty, manhood and DeityGraham Kendrick (b. 1950) (Author)16
My heart is full of admirationGraham Kendrick (Author)English3
My Lord, what love is thisGraham Kendrick (Author)English10
My soul longs for the Lord in a weary landGraham Kendrick (Author)English1
My worth is not in what I ownGraham Kendrick (Author)English3
No scenes of stately majestyGraham Kendrick (Author)English1
Now dawns the Sun of righteousnessGraham Kendrick (Author)English1
Now in reverence and aweGraham Kendrick (Author)English1
Now is the time for us to march upon the landGraham Kendrick (Author)English1
O come and join the dance that all began so long agoGraham Kendrick (Author)English2
O Father of the fatherlessGraham Kendrick (Author)English2
O give thanks to the LordGraham Kendrick (Author)1
The kingdom of our God is hereGraham Kendrick (Author)English4
O Lord, the clouds are gatheringGraham Andrew Kendrick, b. 1950 (Author)5
O Lord, Your tendernessGraham Kendrick (Author)English6
O what a mystery I seeGraham Kendrick (Author)English2
Oh, I was made for thisGraham Kendrick (Author)English1
Once you were darkness, but now you are lightGraham Kendrick (Author)English3
One shall tell anotherGraham Kendrick (Author)English4
Peace I give to you, I give to you My peaceGraham Kendrick (Author)English1
Peace to you, We bless you now in the name of the LordGraham Kendrick (Author)English3
Praise the LORD, from the heavens, Praise Him from the skiesGraham Kendrick (Author)English1
Przyszedł bezbronny na światGraham Kendrick (Author)Polish1
Restore, O Lord, the honor of your name!Graham Kendrick (Author)7
Rumors of angels, visions of lightGraham Kendrick (Author)English1
Show Your power, O LordGraham Kendrick (Author)English1
Since the day the angel cameGraham Kendrick (Author)English1
Sing to him, sing your praise to himGraham Kendrick (Author)English1
So many centuries of watching and waitingGraham Kendrick (Author)English1
Soften my heart, Lord, soften my heartGraham Kendrick, 1950- (Author)English4
Such love, pure as the whitest snowGraham Kendrick (Author)English6
Thank You for the cross, The price you paid for usGraham Kendrick (Author)English1
The earth is the Lord's And everything in it (Kendrick)Graham Kendrick (Author)English2
[The Feast] (Kendrick)Graham Kendrick (Author)English1
The King is among usGraham Kendrick (Author)English3
The Lord is King, he is mighty in battleGraham Kendrick (Author)English1
The price is paid: Come, let us enter inGraham Kendrick (Author)English1
The trumpets sound, the angels singGraham Kendrick, b. 1950 (Author)English8
There's a sound on the wind like a victory songGraham Kendrick (Author)English1
There's a war going on just across the streetGraham Kendrick (Author)English1
This Child secretly comes in the nightGraham Kendrick (Author)English1
This is my beloved Son, Who tasted deathGraham Kendrick (Author)English1
This is the year when hearts go freeGraham Kendrick (Author)English1
Tonight, while all the world was sleepingGraham Kendrick (Author)English1
Turn our hearts to one anotherGraham Kendrick (Author)English1
We are here to praise youGraham Kendrick (Author)4
We are His children, the fruit of his suff'ringGraham Kendrick, 1950- (Author)English4
We are marching In the great processionGraham Kendrick (Author)English1
We believe in God the Father Maker of the universeGraham Kendrick (Author)English5
[We Declare that the Kingdom of God is Here]Graham Kendrick (Author)English2
We’ll walk the land with hearts on fireGraham Kendrick (Author)English4
What a vision filled my eyesGraham Kendrick (Author)English1
What kind of greatness can this beGraham Kendrick (Author)English2
[Where Two or Three (Kendrick)]Graham Kendrick (Author)English1
Who can sound the depths of sorrowGraham Kendrick (Author)English8
Who sees it all, before whose gazeGraham Kendrick (Author)English2
You wrote the rhythm of lifeGraham Kendrick (b. 1950) (Author)English4
You're calling usGraham Kendrick (Author)English1

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