There are certain facts you hear and immediately assume someone has made a mistake.
CeCe Winans has won 18 GRAMMY Awards. She is the best-selling and most-awarded female gospel artist of all time. Her music has accumulated billions of streams and impressions. She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She has sung everywhere from churches to the White House. She has spent decades as one of the most recognizable voices in Christian and gospel music. And in 2026, CeCe Winans is embarking on her first headlining arena tour.
Wait. What? Somehow, through an apparent glitch in the universe, CeCe Winans has accomplished just about everything an artist can accomplish without ever doing a headlining arena tour of her own. That oversight is finally being corrected. This October, Winans will launch the COME WORSHIP! Tour, her largest headlining run to date, taking over arenas in 16 cities with Charity Gayle, Red Worship and Terrian joining her for the multi-generational worship gathering.
And because apparently one major CeCe Winans milestone at a time isn’t enough, she’s heading into that tour with another No. 1 song. Winans’ “Worthy Of It All (Worthy)” has simultaneously reached the top spot on both the Mediabase Christian AC and Billboard Christian AC charts, adding yet another chart-topper to a run that has included “That’s My King,” “Goodness of God” and more.
“All glory belongs to God for this,” said CeCe Winans. “I’m just so grateful and humbled. This song has always been about pointing people back to Him, and seeing it resonate the way it has; that’s Him working through every person who had a hand in it.”
The song combines two modern worship favorites: “Worthy Of It All,” written by David Brymer and Ryan Hall, and “Worthy,” written by Mack Brock, Chris Brown and Steven Furtick. Released earlier this year, Winans’ version has steadily grown across radio, streaming and live audiences before reaching No. 1. It’s also happening during a season when Winans seems less interested in slowing down than finding new mountains to climb.
Her recently released The Hymns debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Gospel Albums chart, returning Winans to the sacred music that helped form her. Now she is taking that catalog, along with decades of classics and a remarkable run of new worship songs, into arenas.
And, again, we feel compelled to emphasize: for the first time as a headliner.
The COME WORSHIP! Tour begins October 8 at Heritage Bank Center in Cincinnati and travels through St. Louis, Tulsa, Fort Worth, Indianapolis-area Fishers, Cleveland, Norfolk, Greenville, Birmingham, Pensacola, Atlanta, New Orleans, Orlando, North Charleston, Tampa and Jacksonville before wrapping October 30. The scale may be new, but Winans says the purpose behind it isn’t.
“I could not be more excited that Charity Gayle, Red Worship, and Terrian will be joining me on the COME WORSHIP! Tour,” says Winans. “My prayer for this journey is that people of all ages feel welcomed and encouraged, and are reminded that when we lift up the name of Jesus, he meets us right where we are. I pray that communities will gather together, put aside our differences and worship together.”
It’s an impressive lineup in its own right. Charity Gayle brings songs including “Thank You Jesus for the Blood” and “I Speak Jesus,” while Red Worship and Terrian represent another generation of Christian artists who have grown up in a musical world CeCe Winans helped create. For them, the significance isn’t lost.
“We are absolutely buzzing with joy to hit the road this October for the ‘COME WORSHIP!’ tour. Sharing the stage with CeCe Winans; a pioneer who has paved the way for so many of us, is a dream come true, and to say we are honored would be an understatement. We are approaching this opportunity with deep humility and expectancy, eager to partner with her to lift up the name of Jesus and create an atmosphere where Heaven touches Earth,” Red Worship shared.
Terrian echoed that excitement. “I am deeply honored to be joining CeCe Winans, Charity Gayle, and Red Worship on the COME WORSHIP! Tour! I look forward to lifting up and honoring our God through song with so many of our brothers and sisters in Christ. Is it October yet?!??” There is something particularly fitting about the lineup.
CeCe’s career has now stretched long enough that the artists joining her aren’t simply peers. They are part of generations of singers and worship leaders who have followed roads she helped pave. Yet instead of the story becoming a victory lap built around nostalgia, Winans continues to release music that is competing at the very top of Christian radio right now. That’s what makes this moment more interesting than simply adding another trophy to a very full mantle.
This October, CeCe Winans is finally walking onto an arena stage with her name at the top of the bill. Consider the timeline corrected.
TOUR DATES:
- Thursday, October 8, 2026 – Cincinnati, OH – Heritage Bank Center
- Friday, October 9, 2026 – St. Louis, MO – Chaifetz Arena
- Saturday, October 10, 2026 – Tulsa, OK – BOK Center
- Sunday, October 11, 2026 – Fort Worth, TX – Dickies Arena
- Wednesday, October 14, 2026 – Fishers, IN – Fishers Event Center
- Thursday, October 15, 2026 – Cleveland, OH – Wolstein Center
- Friday, October 16, 2026 – Norfolk, VA – Chartway Arena
- Saturday, October 17, 2026 – Greenville, SC – Bon Secours Wellness Arena
- Wednesday, October 21, 2026 – Birmingham, AL – Legacy Arena at the BJCC
- Thursday, October 22, 2026 – Pensacola, FL – Pensacola Bay Center
- Friday, October 23, 2026 – Atlanta, GA – Gas South Arena
- Saturday, October 24, 2026 – New Orleans, LA – Smoothie King Center