2026 AFN Summer Conference
Dr. Matthew Lee Anderson is Assistant Professor of Ethics and Theology in the Honors Program at Baylor University, and an associate fellow at the McDonald Centre for Theology, Ethics, and Public Life at Oxford University. He completed a D.Phil. and M.Phil. at Oxford University in Christian Ethics and is a Perpetual Member of Biola University's Torrey Honors College. He is the author of several books, including most recently, Called into Questions: Cultivating the Love of Learning within the Life of Faith. He founded Mere Orthodoxy and has written for First Things, the Washington Post, Mere Orthodoxy, and elsewhere on a wide range of interests. His primary scholarly interests include pro- and anti-natalism, political theology, and bioethics, and he is currently working on a project on the ethics of reputation.
The Rev. Dr. Ryan Jones is cofounder and Executive Director of Iona House in Placerville, CA, as well the founding rector of All Saints Church. Fr. Jones received his master’s degree from Fuller Theological Seminary (2008) and his doctorate from Nashotah House Theological Seminary (2025). Prior to Iona House, Ryan was the founding rector of Eucharist Church in San Francisco. In twenty years of ministry, Ryan has served as a pastor on the staff of five congregations. Ryan is also a Pastoral Fellow with the Catechesis Institute.
Elizabeth Jones is a cofounder and Associate Director of Iona House, as well as Director of Soul Care. She holds a master’s degree in counseling psychology from Santa Clara University and is a trained spiritual director. Elizabeth was the co-director of San Francisco-based Eucharist Church’s spiritual formation cohort program called the Catechumenate. At Iona House, Elizabeth utilizes her education in counseling psychology, spiritual direction, and theology to oversee many of the spiritual formation aspects of Iona House.
The Rev. Canon Dr. Michael W. Petty is Canon Theologian at St. Peter’s Anglican Cathedral, having previously served as Canon for Adult Formation, a position he has held since the establishment of the church in 2005. He also served as Director of The Charles Simeon Institute from its founding in 2014 until 2024. In addition to pastoral ministry, Fr. Petty has served as an adjunct faculty member at the Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University, Nashotah House Theological Seminary, and the Tallahassee Christian College and Training Center [formerly the Center for Biblical Studies] He is the author of A Faith That Loves the Earth: The Ecological Theology of Karl Rahner.
The Rev. Canon Dr. Jonathan Kanary is Canon for Spiritual Formation and Discipleship at St. Peter’s Anglican Cathedral in Tallahassee, FL. He holds the M.Div. from Nashotah House Theological Seminary and the Ph.D. from Baylor University, where he wrote on the role of Scripture in the medieval English tradition. Fr. Kanary previously served on the Liturgy Task Force for the Anglican Church in North America, which helped produce the 2019 Book of Common Prayer.
Alex Fogleman is Associate Dean of Special Programs and Assistant Professor of Theology at Trinity Anglican Seminary, where he directs the Doctor of Ministry Program and the Robert Webber Center. He holds a Ph.D. in Patristics and Historical Theology from Baylor University and an M.Div. from Regent College. He researches Latin and Greek patristics, the history of catechesis, and theological accounts of human flourishing. He is the author of Making Disciples: Catechesis in History, Theology, and Practice (Eerdmans, 2025) and Knowledge, Faith, and Early Christian Initiation (Cambridge University Press, 2023).
The gospel of Jesus Christ is central to orthodox Anglican identity. Article 1 of the Jerusalem Declaration states: “We rejoice in the gospel of God through which we have been saved by grace through faith in Jesus Christ by the power of the Holy Spirit. Because God first loved us, we love him and as believers bring forth fruits of love, ongoing repentance, lively hope and thanksgiving to God in all things.”
Each new generation, however, needs to encounter the gospel anew, and the ministry of catechesis is the church’s way of entrusting the gospel to the next generation. This conference will focus on the question: “What does it mean to rejoice in the gospel, and how do we pass along this legacy to the next generation?”
Through keynote addresses, breakout sessions, and lively conversations, participants will be encouraged and equipped to rejoice in the gospel through the work of catechesis.
Activities begin Wednesday June 10 with Evening Prayer at 4:30 p.m., followed by dinner and a lecture at the Trophimus Center, concluding on Friday, June 12 at 12:00 p.m.
The Anglican Formation Network seeks to strengthen Anglican identity and support the formation of the next generation of leaders across North America. Each summer, the AFN Summer Conference hosts talks and breakout sessions on a key theme from the Jerusalem Declaration, with the goal of providing practical leadership for the Anglican Church in North America and orthodox Anglicans around the world. Projected conference themes include: the Gospel and Catechesis (2026), the Authority of Scripture (2027), Creeds and the Rule of Faith (2028), the Anglican Formularies (2029), the Lordship of Christ (2030), the Book of Common Prayer (2031), Holy Orders (2032), Marriage, Sexuality, and Human Flourishing (2033), the Great Commission (2034), Creation, Justice, and the Poor (2035), Christian Unity (2036), Unity in Essentials, Liberty in Non-essentials (2037), Rejecting False Teaching (2038), Eschatology and the Spirit (2039).
Trinity is to be an evangelical seminary in the Anglican tradition. To this end we develop Christian leaders who can plant, renew, and grow churches that make disciples of Jesus Christ.
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