Background
Braaten, Laurie J. Son of Terry L. and Betty Jean Braaten.
Braaten, Laurie J. Son of Terry L. and Betty Jean Braaten.
Bachelor, East Nazarene College, Quincy, Massachusetts, 1976. Master of Divinity, Nazarene Theological Seminary, Kansas City, Missouri, 1979. Doctor of Philosophy, Boston University, 1987.
Pastor 2nd Congressional Church, Winchester, Massachusetts, 1981—1987. Associate professor, old testament East Nazarene College, 1988—2001. Professor, old testament Judson University, Elgin, Illinois, since 2001.
Host, pacific crest trial hikers Little Haven, Belden, California, 2003. Member of Pacific Crest Trail Association, Chicago Society Biblical Research, Society Biblical Literature, Green Mountain Club.
Married Brenda L. McCoy. Children: Sara C. Snow, Rebecca E.