The Church Lyrics Database was designed to provide an easy way of accessing the overhead projection files for hymn and other song lyrics.
The lyrics in this database are used in worship by the Slavic Evangelical Pentecostal Churches in Australia. In particular, the following collections of songs have been included:
Hymns from the hymnal Гимны веры христиан (Hymns of Christian Faith), as published by the Union of Slavic Evangelical Pentecostal Churches in Australia, in Russian and Russian/English,
Choruses from Гимны веры христиан in Russian and Russian/English,
Hymns from Гимны веры христиан in Ukrainian and Ukrainian/English,
A partial collection of Praise and Worship songs from various volumes of The Source, as published by Kevin Mayhew Limited, in English and Russian/English, and
You can access song lyrics either by number or by using an alphabetical index. A global index of all songs in the database is also available.
This version of the Church Lyrics Database contains a total of 1607 lyric files with 1831 index entries. It was released on 25th June, 2011.
You can download the latest version of the database free of charge from the Church Lyrics Database web site; full instructions on what to do are included on that web site. You are also encouraged to provide feedback, particularly corrections and enhancements!
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