Central Baptist Theological Seminary is pleased to announce that Dr. Bruce Compton will be the featured speaker at our 2025 Commencement Exercises. The ceremony will be held on Friday, May 16, at 7:00 PM in the auditorium of Fourth Baptist Church. Degrees will be conferred for the Master of Arts in Biblical Counseling, Master of Arts in Theology (Biblical Studies), and Master of Divinity.
Dr. Compton has served as a Professor of Biblical Languages and Literature at Detroit Baptist Theological Seminary since 1984. A respected theologian and committed churchman, he has devoted over four decades to teaching the original languages of Scripture and training students for faithful gospel ministry. He earned his AB in Political Science from UCLA, his MDiv and ThM from Denver Baptist Theological Seminary, and his ThD in Greek and New Testament with a minor in Hebrew and Old Testament from Grace Theological Seminary in Winona Lake, Indiana.
In addition to his teaching ministry in Detroit, Dr. Compton has served as an assistant professor at Denver Baptist Theological Seminary and lectured at Central Seminary, Maranatha Baptist University, and Grace Baptist Theological Seminary (Coimbatore, India). He has been a featured speaker at events such as the Mid-American Conference on Preaching and the Bob Jones University Bible Conference. Dr. Compton also served as a military chaplain in the Air National Guard until his retirement in 2002, following earlier service as an active-duty pilot in the U. S. Air Force from 1968 to 1974. He was ordained by Inter-City Baptist Church in Allen Park, Michigan, where he continues to serve in various teaching and preaching roles.
He and his wife Mari have two married sons.
Recently, Dr. Compton co-edited “Dispensationalism Revisited: A Twenty-First Century Restatement” with Dr. Kevin Bauder, published by Central Seminary Press.
We look forward to welcoming Dr. Compton as we celebrate God’s faithfulness in the lives of our graduates and commission them to serve Christ and His church around the world.
Further details about commencement will be posted at centralseminary.edu in the coming weeks.
