Senior Pastor

James Braden is a native of Toledo, Ohio. After receiving a call into the ministry shortly after his conversion, he enrolled at Columbia Bible College and later received a B.A. in Anthropology from Nyack College, Nyack, New York in 1968. He married Phyllis Miller that same year and enrolled at Bethel Theological Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota. He completed his Master of Divinity in New Testament in 1972 and then served 13 years in Christian & Missionary Alliance pastorates in New Jersey and Ohio. From there he pursued studies at Covenant Theological Seminary, St. Louis, Missouri from 1985-1987, earning a Masters of Theology in Biblical studies and Pastoral Care. He has served Cross Creek Presbyterian Church (PCA) in Fayetteville, North Carolina since 1987, He has taken short term mission trips to Honduras, Mexico and Belize.