text: Compton was a Presbyterian. His father Elias was an ordained Presbyterian minister.
  Compton lectured on a "Mans Place in Gods World" at Yale University, Western Theological Seminary and the University of Michigan in 1934–35. The lectures formed the basis of his book The Freedom of Man. His chapter "Death, or Life Eternal?" argued for Christian immortality and quoted verses from the Bible. From 1948 to 1962, Compton was an elder of the Second Presbyterian Church in St. Louis. In his later years, he co-authored the book Mans Destiny in Eternity. Compton set Jesus as the center of his faith in Gods eternal plan. He once commented that he could see Jesus' spirit at work in the world as an aspect of God alive in men and women.