Don H. Compier became the founding Dean of the Community of Christ Seminary, Graceland University in 2002. The Community of Christ Seminary at the Independence Campus of Graceland University is the official and only Seminary of the Community of Christ. Graceland University is a private liberal arts university of about 2300 students and 150 faculty with campuses in Lamoni Iowa and Independence Missouri. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. He serves on the Standing High Council of the Community of Christ as well as a number of other committees including the Diversity Task Force, the Committee on Homosexuality and the Church, the Ministerial Education Task Force, the Theology Task Force, and the Steering Committee of the Co-Missioned Pastor Initiative. The Standing High Council of the Community of Christ is comprised of 12 persons holding the office of High Priest
Prior to becoming Dean of the Seminary, Compier was a Professor of Religion at Graceland University from 2001 to 2002. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. He was Associate Professor of Theology from 1997 to 2001 and an Assistant Professor of Systematic Theology from 1992 – 1997 at the Church Divinity School of the Pacific and Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, California. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Church Divinity School of the Pacific (CDSP is one of the eleven seminaries of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America. GTU redirects here GTU can also refer to the IMSA racing category Grand Touring Under or as in Chevrolet Beretta GTU Berkeley is a city on the east shore of San Francisco Bay in Northern California, in the United States. He was also an Instructor at Emory University in the Department of Religion from 1990 – 1991. Emory University is a Private university located in the metropolitan area of the city of Atlanta and in western unincorporated DeKalb County, Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Compier received his Ph. D. in Theological Studies from the Graduate School of Religion at Emory University in 1992; an M. A. in Religion from Park College in 1985 and a B. Park University is an independent private institution of Higher education, established in 1875 as a small church-related Midwestern college that has now expanded into a A. from the University of the Pacific in 1978 where he majored in Religion and European History. The University of the Pacific is a private university in Stockton California, originally affiliated with the United Methodist Church. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar)
Compier has published more than fifteen peer-reviewed scholarly articles in the field of theology and religion. His has written two books: John Calvin’s Rhetorical Doctrine of Sin (Edwin Mellen Press, 2001) and What is Rhetorical Theology? Textual Practice and Public Discourse (Trinity Press International, 1999). He is the co-editor of two books: “Theology 11: The Transformative Power of Theological Education” with Suzanne Trewitt McLaughlin, (Graceland University Press, 2004) and “Theology 10: Theologies of Scripture” (Graceland University Press, 2002) with Shandra Newcom-Wolsey.