MUSIC & WORSHIP
2026
Break Forth, Sing Together!
Music in Worship Event
An eclectic event emphasizing singing together with a variety of music suitable for places of worship. Featured Presenter Dr. Stephen Newby will lead a massed choir and audience in a community sing event based on the music of pioneer gospel musician Andrae Crouch. This portion of the event will be based on research for the 2025 book, Soon and Very Soon: The Transformative Music and Ministry of Andrae Crouch, co-authored by Newby and Robert Darden, and published by Oxford University Press.
Featured Presenter
Dr. Stephen Newby
Stephen Michael Newby currently holds The Lev H. Prichard III Endowed Chair in the Study of Black Worship and Professor of Music and serves as Ambassador for The Black Gospel Music Preservation Program at Baylor University. He formerly served as Minister of Worship at Peachtree Presbyterian Church in Atlanta, GA, as Director for the Center for African American Worship studies at Trevecca Nazarene University in Nashville, TN. He held a tenured Professor of Music post at Seattle Pacific University, where he also served as Director of University Ministries, Director for the Center for Worship, and Senior Advisor to the University President for Missional Excellence. With more than three decades of university-level teaching and service in church ministries, Dr. Newby holds music degrees from Madonna University, the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, the University of Michigan, and an MA in Theology from Seattle Pacific Seminary.
