Staff

 

JENNIFER WEBSTER

Jennifer Webster is the Executive Director of the Charles Simeon Institute and Dean of the Lay School of Theology. She and her husband are both Florida natives but are lifelong Anglophiles. St. Peter’s is a beautiful blend of the two. She is currently completing her PhD in Theology at the University of Cambridge, St. John’s College. She has completed a B.A. in Anthropology at UCF and a M.A. in Church History at the University of Nottingham.

She has a passion for educating Christians and congregations in theology and church history, and sees quality education as fundamental for developing healthy and whole followers of Jesus Christ. 

 

andrew beluk

Andrew is the Associate Director for the Charles Simeon Institute. He graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with a B.S. in Psychology and eventually followed God’s calling on his life to attend seminary. He graduated from Trinity Anglican Seminary with a Master of Divinity. Andrew was the first Carol Long Missions & Evangelism Curate at St. Peter’s.

He is passionate about sharing Jesus’ glory, raising up disciples for Jesus, and studying theology, liturgics, and Church history to learn about more ways to accomplish these passions.

 

Lay School of Theology Faculty

Here you will find our faculty members who are consistently dedicated to serving the Lay School of Theology. Not listed are several other faculty members who serve in their areas of expertise as needed.

The Rev'd Dr. Michael W. Petty

Fr. Michael Petty is a native of West Virginia and grew up in Houston, TX.  He received his education at Austin College (B. A.) and at Vanderbilt University (M. Div., M. A., Ph. D.). He serves as Canon for Adult Formation at St. Peter’s Anglican Cathedral, a position he has held since 2005, the year of the establishment of the church. Since its founding in 2014 until 2024, he served as Director of The Charles Simeon Institute. In addition to pastoral ministry, Fr. Petty has served as an adjunct faculty member at the Perkins School of Theology (Southern Methodist University), the 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, published by the University Press of America. He is an expert of systematic theology, Anglican catechesis and formation, and the theology of Thomas Aquinas.

 

The Rev’d Dr. Jeff Trostle

Fr. Jeff Trostle, a native of south-central New York State, grew up in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.  He earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Communications from the University of South Florida, a Masters of Theology from Covenant Theological Seminary and a Ph.D. from Whitefield Theological Seminary. Ordained in 1982, he served as an Adjunct Lecturer at Covenant Theological Seminary, and has served as an associate pastor and an interim pastor.  In 2006 his ordination was transferred to the Presbyterian Church of America (PCA) and he served as a foreign missions pastor for five years.  He currently serves as an active priest in the Gulf Atlantic Diocese. He is also an adjunct at the Charles Simeon Institute and the Lay School of Theology where he teaches courses in biblical and theological studies. He is the author of two books, Sabbath Rest and the Foundations of Holiness, and The Poet Tree, a book introducing children to the world of poetry. He is an expert in the Reformation, the theology of John Calvin and Anglican formation..

 

CSI Board of Advisors

The Charles Simeon Board of Advisors is a subcommittee of St. Peter’s Anglican Cathedral Vestry. Board members serve a 3-year term and are elected by the current board members, who are then confirmed by the vestry. If you have interest to serve on the board, please submit your name for consideration by September each year. Board members must be members of St. Peter’s in good standing and are individuals who seek to further the mission of CSI.

Current Members:

  • President: Fr. Bill Krizner

  • Vice President: Mark Trafton

  • Fr. Marcus Kaiser

  • Jennifer Webster

  • Cay Ford

  • Major Harding

  • Budd Kneip

  • Claude Lilly

  • Charles Long

  • Ken Mayo

  • Fr. Andy Miller

  • Julie O’Steen

  • Ashley Trafton