The righteous will flourish like palm trees; they will grow like the cedars of Lebanon. They are like trees planted in the house of the LORD, that flourish in the Temple of our God, that still bear fruit in old age and are always green and strong. (Psalm 92: 12 -14, GNB)

Dr. James W. Bartley, Jr. is the Director of the Hispanic Leadership Training Center in Waco, Texas, United States, which is a part of the Baptist University of the Americas (Hispanic) located in San Antonio, Texas. He also teaches a Bible class and he is a pastor of the Hispanic Baptist Mission "Agape" of the Columbus Baptist Church in Waco, Texas.

Born in 1927, the eighty-year-old retired professor of theology has worked for many years as a missionary to Uruguay. Dr. Bartley had a B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from Auburn University, Alabama, in 1948, and later a Bachelor of Divinity in 1951, Master of Theology in 1965 and Doctor of Theology in 1972, all from the Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas. He served primarily as a Professor of Theology at the Uruguayan Baptist Theological Seminary, Uruguay, and as a Baptist Missionary to Uruguay until his retirement.

Dr. Bartley has also served as a guest professor of theology in Spain, Argentina and Mexico and was also a guest editor at the Spanish Baptist Publishing House in Texas. He is presently spending his retirement from professorial work by directing and teaching at the Hispanic Leadership Training Center, Waco, Texas, where is also a pastor at a Baptist church. Dr. Bartley’s hobbies are beekeeping and playing tennis.

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