Sayers, James (Jim) David

Author

b Epsom, Surrey 1966. Ashcombe Sch Dorking, Univ Coll of Wales, Aberystwyth (LL.B) and Edinburgh Theological Seminary (DipTh, M.Th). After two and a half years as assistant to Brian Edwards at Hook Evangelical Ch (FIEC), Surbiton, he became Pastor of Kesgrave Grace Baptist Ch, Ipswich, Suffolk, from 1995. Then in 2009 he moved to Abingdon to become Communications Director of Grace Baptist Mission. In 2020 he moved to Didcot to lead a church-plant, Grace Church Didcot. He chaired the team selecting versions of the 150 Psalms for Praise! He became a trustee of Praise Trust in 2016, and chairman in 2018.

He has 10 published texts, as here, of which the first he wrote (1994) was based on Ps 30. Nos.2B, 30A, 39, 59, 69A, 71, 86, 719, 1013, 1249. He also wrote the revised version of O Holy Night CP47

Hymns and songs by Sayers, James (Jim) David

Number	Hymn Name
CP47	O Holy night
2B	Why do the nations rage and cry
30A	I exalt you, Lord eternal
39	I kept my mouth from every sinful word
59	Deliver me from all my foes
69A	Save me, O God, I sink into the depths
71	Lord, in you I’ve taken refuge
86	Bow down your ear, O Lord, and hear
719	One with Jesus, loved and cherished
1013	No condemnation now
1249	Father, God of mission