Gavin Ortlund

Gavin Ortlund
Born (1983-06-30) June 30, 1983
Scotland
EducationUniversity of Georgia (BA)
Covenant Theological Seminary (MDiv)
Fuller Theological Seminary (PhD)
Occupations
SpouseEsther Ortlund
Children5
FatherRaymond C. Ortlund Jr.
Theological work
Tradition or movementReformed Baptist
Notable ideasTheological triage
Websitetruthunites.org

Gavin Rutherford Ortlund (born June 30, 1983) is an American Christian apologist, Reformed Baptist theologian, and author. Operating through his public ministry Truth Unites, Ortlund is known for defending theologically conservative evangelical Protestantism from an irenic perspective, engaging with proponents of Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, atheism, and liberal Protestantism.

Ortlund is Theologian-in-Residence at Immanuel Nashville and Visiting Professor of Historical Theology at Phoenix Seminary. He won Christianity Today's 2024 Book of the Year award for his work What It Means to Be Protestant: The Case for an Always-Reforming Church.