All students entering CTS begin in the M.B.S. program. If a student questions a particular doctrinal position in the CTS Doctrinal Statement yet is open to CTS's understanding of the doctrinal position in question, CTS will follow this procedure:

(1) The student may take all classes in the M.B.S. program.
(2) The student may not proselytize other students, though he may discuss with others the issues involved.
(3) At the beginning of his second year of studies, the student will present a paper (25 pages maximum) defending his position to an assigned professor.
(4) If by the conclusion of the second year of study the student continues to hold his contrary position, yet he has successfully completed the required course work, CTS will award him an M.B.S. degree.
(5) Each student who advances to the Th.M. program must sign the CTS doctrinal statement. If the student signs with reservations, he must explain those reservations in writing, and the faculty must approve them before he is accepted into the Th.M. program.

We believe that this approach allows the student a reasonable measure of academic freedom while preserving the theological integrity of CTS.