Richard Leach (born in Bangor, Maine in 1953) is an American hymn writer and poet.
He was a United Church of Christ pastor in Connecticut from 1978 to 1999.
In 1999 he left the ministry of the United Church of Christ and became a member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
He is a member of The Hymn Society in the United States and Canada.
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