Raymond C. Ortlund Jr.

Raymond C. Ortlund Jr. is the former and founding pastor of Immanuel Church in Nashville, Tennessee. He serves as President of Renewal Ministries and as Canon Theologian in the Diocese of the Western Gulf Coast of the Anglican Church in North America.

Education[]

Ortlund received a B.A from Wheaton College in 1971, a Th.M. from Dallas Theological Seminary in 1975, a M.A from the University of California, Berkeley in 1978, and a PhD from the University of Aberdeen, Scotland in 1985.^[1][2][3]

Ministry[]

Ortlund was ordained by Lake Avenue Congregational Church, Pasadena, California in 1975. He served as a pastor in various churches from 1975 to 2019:

• 1975–1981: Pastoral staff, Peninsula Bible Church, Palo Alto, California.
• 1982–1985: Assistant Minister, Banchory Ternan West Parish (Church of Scotland).
• 1985–1989: Pastor, Cascade Presbyterian Church (PCA), Eugene, Oregon.
• 1989–1998: Associate Professor of Old Testament and Semitic Languages, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Deerfield, Illinois.
• 1998–2003: Senior Pastor, First Presbyterian Church (PCA), Augusta, Georgia.
• 2004–2007: Senior Pastor, Christ Presbyterian Church (PCA), Nashville, Tennessee.
• 2008-2019: Senior Pastor, Immanuel Church (Acts 29), Nashville, Tennessee.

Personal life[]

Ray is married to Jani Ortlund. They have four children.^[4] He is the son of Raymond C. Ortlund Sr. and Anne Ortlund. The senior Dr. Ortlund was Pastor of Lake Avenue Congregational Church in Pasadena, California from 1959 to 1979 and also hosted the Haven of Rest radio program for 17 years. Dr. Ortlund Sr. and his wife Anne wrote 25 books together.^[5] Ray and Anne founded Renewal Ministries in 1979, which was handed down to Ray Jr. and Jani in 2010.

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