Don H. Compier served as Dean of the Bishop Kemper School for Ministry in Topeka, KS, from 2014 to 2024.
It uniquely seeks to educate candidates for ordained ministry, both priests and deacons, together with lay ministers.
Previously Compier was the founding Dean of the Community of Christ Seminary, Graceland University in 2002.
Fluent in Spanish and Dutch, he has personally taught and consulted with other theological educators in Canada, Mexico, Honduras, Dominican Republic, Bolivia, Chile, Zambia, Spain, the Netherlands, Germany, Wales, England, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, India, and French Polynesia.
Compier received his Ph.D. in theological studies from the Graduate School of Religion at Emory University in 1992; an M.A.