The Anglican Way Conference
The Mystical Washing Away of Sin
February 12 – 13th, 2026
St John’s Church in Savannah, Georgia
Co-Sponsored by the Prayer Book Society USA and the Elliott House of Studies.
St John’s Church is located on the east side of Madison Square, at 325 Bull Street. The Conference Choral Evensong takes place there on Thursday at 6 p.m.
The Conference Sessions take place in the Ralston Room on the 3rd floor of Cranmer Hall, located at 27 West Charlton Street on the south of St John’s Church.
Daily services take place in St Mary’s Chapel – entrance from the north side of the church building, under the arches.
Thursday, 12 February
8:30 a.m. Morning Prayer (St Mary’s Chapel)
9:15 a.m. Conference Welcome (Ralson Room, Cranmer Hall – 3rd Floor)
9:30 a.m First Paper – Gavin Dunbar, “Promises, the Paschal Mystery, and Prayer: Comparing the Rites of Baptism in 1662 and 1979”
Fr. Gavin Dunbar is President of the Prayer Book Society and Rector of St. John’s Parish in Savannah, GA. Born and raised in Toronto, Canada, he studied classics at the University of Toronto and Dalhousie University, Halifax before studying theology at Wycliffe College, Toronto. He is also the Warden of the Elliott House of Studies.
10:30 a.m. Tea Break
10:45 a.m. Questions & Answers
11:15 a.m. Second Paper – David B. Alenskis, ” ‘Thou art unto me an husband of bloode’: Zipporah as a Figure of the Church in Richard Hooker’s ‘Working Theology’ of Baptism”
The Rev’d David B. Alenskis has served as a missionary with SAMS-USA since 2007, and up until 2020 he was the incumbent priest of St. Andrew’s Anglican Church in San Ignacio, Belize, along with its nearby missions. That same year he began work on a PhD in Historical Theology at Wycliffe College, University of Toronto, and he expects to graduate this upcoming May. He is married to Mary Beth, and together with their three children they are working to relocate to the Netherlands, where he has been called to join the missionary-led faculty of Tyndale Theological Seminary.
12:15 p.m Questions & Answers
12:45-2:45 p.m Lunch Break
3:00 p.m. Third Paper – Torrance Kirby, “Richard Hooker on the ‘substance’ of Baptism, and the solemnities therunto belonging”
Professor of Ecclesiastical History and Director of the Centre for Research on Religion, McGill University
4:00 p.m. Questions & Answers
6:00 p.m. Choral Evensong (Church)
Friday, 13 February
8:30 a.m. Morning Prayer
9:30 a.m. Fourth Paper – Peter Robinson, “The Doctrine of Baptismal Renegeration Historically Considered 1540-1840”
The Most Rev. Peter D. Robinson is the Presiding Bishop of the United Episcopal Church. He also serves as ordinary of the Missionary Diocese of the East and vicar of Good Shepherd Anglican Church in Waynesboro, Virginia.
10:30 a.m. Tea Break
10:45 a.m. Questions & Answers
11:15 a.m. Fifth Paper – George Westhaver, “Baptismal Regeneration and Deifying Repentance: E B Pusey, John Keble, and Khaled Anatolios on the Baptismal Office
George Westhaver is the Principal of Pusey House, a Fellow of St Cross College, and a member of the Faculty of Theology and Religion at the University of Oxford. George’s research focuses on E B Pusey and the Oxford Movement, sacramental theology, the allegorical interpretation of the Bible, and the artistic expression of Christian doctrine. He is a contributor to The Oxford Handbook on the Oxford Movement, The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church, and an editor and contributor to three Pusey House conference collections: A Transforming Vision (SCM 2018), Christ Unabridged (SCM 2020), and The Dove Descending (James Clarke & Co, 2025).
12:15 p.m. Questions & Answers
12:45-2:45 p.m. Lunch Break
3:00 p.m. Sixth Paper – D. N. Keane, “‘Dearly Beloved Brethren’: Cranmer’s Baptismal Ecclesiology”
Dr. Keane (Phd St And) teaches English at Georgia Southern University. He edited (with Samuel L. Bray) the 1662 Book of Common Prayer: International Edition and authored (with Samuel L. Bray) How to Use the Book of Common Prayer. He serves on the Liturgical Commission and Commission on Ministry for the Diocese of Georgia and formerly served on the Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music for the Episcopal Church.
4:00 p.m. Questions & Answers
5:00 p.m. Evening Prayer
5:30 p.m. Closing Reception – Green Meldrim House, on the north side of the Church