Worship Conference 2026 is live at LB Stadium. Five days, one stadium, and a livestream for everyone stuck in traffic.
If you heard Telugu worship floating over Basheerbagh on Wednesday evening, it was not your neighbour testing his new speaker. Worship Conference 2026 opened at LB Stadium on 4 November, and it runs every day until Sunday 8 November.
The conference is led by Rev. Dr Raj Prakash Paul and his wife Jessy Paul. If you have sung "Thandri Deva" or "Na Priya Yesu Ra" in church, you already know their work: both songs were recorded live at earlier editions of this same conference. On Wednesday afternoon the couple's accounts posted that today was the day. A few hours later came the poster everyone was waiting for: "We are live."
The details
- What: Worship Conference 2026
- When: Wednesday 4 November to Sunday 8 November 2026
- Where: LB Stadium (Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium), Basheerbagh, Hyderabad
- Leading worship: Raj Prakash Paul and Jessy Paul
- Watch live: YouTube, Instagram and Facebook, all under Raj Prakash Paul
- Nearest metro: Assembly station on the Red Line, a short walk from the stadium
There is no separate event website. Daily start times go up on the couple's social accounts, so check there before you leave home.
Why a stadium?
Because the last one filled it. In October 2024 the conference ran from Wednesday to Sunday at the same venue, and Deccan Chronicle reported the stands full of thousands of worshippers. That edition was organised by The Lord's Church in New Bowenpally, where Raj Prakash Paul is senior pastor. The paper put the church's membership at over 12,000 in the city.
Most worship in Hyderabad happens in function halls, school auditoriums and rented terraces. Five days in a stadium is a different scale. It also says something about Telugu worship music, which now travels far beyond the city that writes it, one live recording at a time.
If you are going
- Go early. Basheerbagh and Abids are slow in the evening on a normal day, and this is not a normal day.
- Take the metro if you can. Parking near a full stadium is a test of faith nobody needs.
- Bring a friend who has never been to a worship night. Worst case, they leave with a new playlist.
Can't make it? The livestream runs on the same accounts, so you can join from your room, your office or your Ola.
5Talents will report from LB Stadium after the conference closes on Sunday. If you were there and have photos you are happy for us to use, send them to editorial@5talentsmag.com.
How we checked: dates and venue come from the organisers' own Threads posts of 3 and 4 November 2026. Background on the 2024 edition comes from Deccan Chronicle.
Sources
- Worship Conference 2026 posts (3 and 4 November 2026), Raj Prakash Paul on Threads
- LB Stadium Hosts Vibrant Christian Worship Conference (6 October 2024), Deccan Chronicle
Premasis Satman
Founder and Executive Director of 5Talents Magazine, writing from Hyderabad. He has written the magazine's editorial column since the first issue in July 2012.