James J. Stanley, composer, church musician, and worship clinician.

James J. Stanley is the Director of Music and Worship Arts at First United Methodist Church in Little Rock, Arkansas where he has worked since 2016.

He has been continuously employed in church work for twenty years as an organist, choir director, praise team leader and youth leader. James holds a bachelors degree and a masters degree from the Schwob School of Music at Columbus State University in organ and organ pedagogy, respectively. James is currently a doctoral candidate at the Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University. He is an active recitalist and contemporary worship clinician. In his free time, he enjoys classical guitar, mandolin, and jazz piano. He lives in North Little Rock with his wife, Christen and their sons.