Jesus is a Friend

Jesus is a friend, is a friend next to ya

Author: David Graham
Tune: [Jesus is a friend, is a friend next to ya]
Published in 2 hymnals

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Author: David Graham

Rv David Alan Graham USA 1948-present. David Graham grew up in Southern California, he became a speaker, author, businessman, and high school pastor at a church in Southern CA, and then, 1984, a founding director of ‘Youth with a Mission’ (YWAM). He married Kathleen Susan (Kathy) Braham, and they had (at least) four children: Michelle, Kimberly, Jeffrey, and Michael. In 1980, while visiting his cousin with family in a wooded area of MT, he wrote his famous song (noted below) while resting against a Douglas fir tree and seeing beautiful scenery. In 1984 the family moved to Kalispell, MT, where he became Director of a branch of the ‘University of the Nations’, an organization that has sent 10,000+ staff members into the mission field… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Jesus is a friend, is a friend next to ya
Title: Jesus is a Friend
Author: David Graham
Language: English
Copyright: © 1978 by C. A. Music. Div. of Christian Artists Corp.

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Sing Praises #32

Songs of Praise #131

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