James Braden is a native of Toledo, Ohio. After receiving a call into theministry shortly after his conversion, he enrolled at Columbia BibleCollege and later received a B.A. in Anthropology from Nyack College,Nyack, New York in 1968. He married Phyllis Miller that same year andenrolled at Bethel Theological Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota. He completed his...James Braden is a native of Toledo, Ohio. After receiving a call into theministry shortly after his conversion, he enrolled at Columbia BibleCollege and later received a B.A. in Anthropology from Nyack College,Nyack, New York in 1968. He married Phyllis Miller that same year andenrolled at Bethel Theological Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota. He completed his Master of Divinity in New Testament in 1972 and then served13 years in Christian & Missionary Alliance pastorates in New Jerseyand Ohio. From there he pursued studies at Covenant Theological Seminary,St. Louis, Missouri from 1985-1987, earning a Masters of Theology inBiblical studies and Pastoral Care. He served Cross Creek PresbyterianChurch (PCA) in Fayetteville, North Carolina as it's Senior Pastor from1987 till his retirement in 2011. | more | less