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Set Free, Set Free

Set free, set free by God's grace (Kwa neema na pendo)

Author: Ernest Kalembo; Translator: Thomas Troeger
Tune: KWA NEEMA NA PENDO (55654)
Published in 1 hymnal

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Author: Ernest Kalembo

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Translator: Thomas Troeger

Thomas Troeger (1945-2022), professor of Christian communication at Yale Divinity school, was a well known preacher, poet, and musician. He was a fellow of Silliman College, held a B.A. from Yale University; B.D. Colgate Rochester Divinity School; S.T. D. Dickinson College, and was awarded an honorary D.D. from Virginia Theological Seminary. He was ordained in the Presbyterian Church in 1970 and the Episcopal Church in 1999, and remained dually aligned with both traditions. Troerger led conferences and lectures in worship and preaching throughout North America, as well as in Denmark, Holland, Australia, Japan, and Africa. He served as national chaplain to the American Guild of Organists, and for at least three years he hosted the Season of… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Set free, set free by God's grace (Kwa neema na pendo)
Title: Set Free, Set Free
Author: Ernest Kalembo
Translator: Thomas Troeger
Language: English; Swahili
Refrain First Line: Yes, Jesus, Jesus freed me (Ni Yesu, Bwana wangu)
Copyright: Swahili text © Lutheran Theological College, Makumira, Tanzania; English text © Oxford University Press

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