The Lecturers

The Right Reverend Canon Dr. Patrick P. Augustine is a third-generation Anglican cleric who grew up in Pakistan. He came to the United States in 1983, helping serve Chicago's large south Asian population, and has been the rector of Christ Church in La Crosse, Wisconsin since 2002. On June 9th, 2019 he was consecrated as assistant Bishop of Bor at St. Andrew's Cathedral in South Sudan, and continues to help communities across the globe in missions of peace, reconciliation, and interfaith dialogue. 

Dr. Ernest Clark, M.Litt., Ph.D. University of St. Andrews, is the Director of Global Training for United World Mission and the Director of Overseas Council. Formerly Professor of New Testament at South Asia Institute of Advanced Christian Studies, Dr. Clark’s publications include Romans: Really Useful Guides and Weak Elements, Weak Flesh: Reading Galatians in Conversation with Philo and Greek Medical Discourse.
 

Rev. Dr. Robert S. Heaney, Ph.D., D.Phil., is Professor of Theology and Mission at VTS. Rev. Dr. Heaney has travelled extensively in the Communion for teaching, research, and consultation, being awarded the Cross of St. Augustine for services to the Anglican Communion in 2022. His numerous publications include Building Dialogue: Stories, Scripture, and Liturgy in International Peacebuilding; God’s Church for God’s World; and Reconciling Practices: Listening, Praying, and Witnessing in the Midst of Division. 
 

Rev. Canon Dr. Anne-Marie Jeffery is the Canon for Congregational Vitality in the Diocese of Washington. Formerly the rector of St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Perth Amboy, NJ, Anne-Marie has served quite a variety of congregations in Washington DC and beyond. Having grown up in the Caribbean, Anne-Marie's early career involved a PhD in physics and work as a physicist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Gaithersburg, Maryland. 

Dr. Tremper Longman III, MPhil, Ph.D. Yale, is Distinguished Scholar and Professor Emeritus of Biblical Studies at Westmont College, and former professor of Old Testament at Westminster Theological Seminary. He has written or co-authored numerous scholarly articles and books, including interdisciplinary works, works on history and historiography, and textbooks for both seminary students and lay people. Tremper is one of the main translators of the New Living Translation. 

The Very Rev. Dr. Ian Markham, Ph.D. University of Exeter, has served as Dean and President of Virginia Theological Seminary and as Dean and Professor of Theology and Ethics at Hartford Seminary in Connecticut. The Right Rev. Dr. Markham’s numerous publications include Do Morals Matter? A Guide to Contemporary Religious Ethics; The New Apologetics: At the Intersection of Secularism, Science, and Spirituality; and A Theology of Engagement. 

Rev. Dr. Ivan Rusyn, PhD. Drahomanov University, is President and Professor of Missions at Ukranian Evangelical Theological Seminary in Kyiv, as well as Deputy Bishop of the Ukrainian Evangelical Church. Formerly Vice-President of the European-Asian Accreditation Association, Ivan has led relief ministry with his UETS team since the beginning of the war, transitioning the campus to provide a massive relief effort to people in Kyiv and surrounding areas whilst theologizing on reconciliation, justice, prayer, and experiencing God in times of suffering. 

Mark Tooley is co-organizer of the Anglicanism vs. Polarization Conference hosted this year at Christ Church, Georgetown.  He worked eight years for the Central Intelligence Agency and is a graduate of Georgetown University. Mark has authored and contributed to numerous publications, including The Peace that Almost Was: The Forgotten Sory of the 1861 Washington Peace Conference and the Final Attempt to Avert the Civil War (2015) and Just War and Christian Traditions (2022).

Rev. Dr. Frank Wade, M.Div, D.Min. VTS, was ordained in 1966 and served as Rector of St. Alban’s Church and Interim Dean of Washington National Cathedral. Rev. Dr. Wade currently serves as adjunct professor at VTS and is author of The Art of Being Together: Common Sense about Lifelong Relationships and Biblical Fracking: Midrash for the Modern Christian.