October 1, 2026
ORLANDO (BP) – Messengers to the SBC Annual Meeting will be faced with dozens of decisions and much discussion. The Worship Initiative is offering a resource that leaders hope will help prepare the hearts of those decision makers as they travel to the meeting.
The group is launching an eight-day devotional series with Scripture and songs based on Ephesians 4:1-6 as a free resource. It will be texted to those who register between June 1-8 and is aimed at exploring “7 Marks of Unity”.
“We are praying the Lord will prepare our hearts so that we might arrive ready to exalt Jesus together,” Robbie Seay, head of mission and music for The Worship Initiative, told Baptist Press.
He says the series will focus on the seven aspects of unity mentioned in Ephesians 4:
SBC Worship was founded in 2025. In addition to Seay, Shane and Shane, and Andrew McKinney provide leadership to the organization, which will host the Worship Micro conference on Monday during the Pastors’ Conference. They say the devotion will be a mix of Scripture reading and devotional thought with a connecting song.
“We are passionate about the church singing,” Shane Barnard said, “And I’m not just talking about the professional singers. If you have vocal cords, God wants to hear you.”
Seay agrees and hopes the resource will help the annual meeting “be all the richer because of what the Lord is doing during the week.”
Speakers include a variety of voices from across the Southern Baptist Convention. Among them are:
The final devotion will be presented by Seay and Shane & Shane. It will be recorded from the Worship Stage in the SBC Annual Meeting Exhibit Hall on June 9 and will be released on June 10.
The resource is available at The Worship Initiative website.
The SBC Pastors’ Conference and Annual Meeting are set for June 7-10 at the Orange County Convention Center.
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This story appeared in Baptist Press.
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