Raymond C. Ortlund Sr. (July 9, 1923 – July 22, 2007) was a pastor, author, broadcast radio program host and Christian speaker. He was heard by millions across the nation on his radio program The Haven of Rest. Raymond C. Ortlund Sr. and his wife Anne Ortlund (1923 – November 4, 2013) were ministers around the world, primarily to pastors, missionaries, churches and Christian organizations. Ray Sr. and Anne have written numerous books together over their years of ministry including: Three Priorities for a Strong Local Church, and Up with Worship.
Raymond C. Ortlund Sr.'s his first pastor work was in Christiana, Pennsylvania, then at East Glenville Church, Scotia, New York. Raymond was part of a two-month pastor exchange program in 1959, where he worked in England. Returning from England Raymond became the Senior Pastor at Lake Avenue Congregational Church in Pasadena, California from September 1959 to the late 1970s. Raymond's Sunday morning services at Lake Avenue Congregational Church were broadcast over radio station KRLA. After 20 years at Lake Avenue Ray and wife Anne founded Renewal Ministries. With Renewal Ministries they traveled around the world teaching about renewal and revival among God’s churches. Ray hosted the Haven of Rest radio broadcast with his distinctive voice for 19 years from 1981 to 2000. Raymond C. Ortlund Sr. also served as a teaching pastor at Mariner's Church in Newport Beach, California in the 1980s. The National Religious Broadcasters Hall of Fame inducted Ray in 2008 for his years of hosting the Haven of Rest. Anne’s was the organist for the Old Fashioned Revival Hour radio broadcast with Dr. Charles E. Fuller and the The Joyful Sound program. Ray and Anne work in the revival movement at Wheaton College in 1970. For a number of years Ortlund wrote a weekly column for the Pasadena Star-News called Out of a Pastor's Study. The Haven of Rest radio program was started in 1934 by Paul Myers in Los Angeles. Myers was the host the program for 37 years, followed by Paul Evans starting in 1971. Ray took over the program in 1981 and hosted the program till 2000. The Haven of Rest program was renamed Haven Today in 2000 and is currently hosted by Charles Morris, the programs fourth host.