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e also see a gross unfairness in honorary degrees. Why does the man who
has labored for ten years and built a membership of two thousand in a
metropolitan area receive an honorary doctorate while the pastor of thrity-
five sheep who has sweated and labored for God in the backwoods for
forty years receives no recognition?! Maybe not all schools have the wrong
motives. However, the only reason we can see for such an unfair system of
recognition (i.e., honoring the big and ignoring the small), is influence and
students - in other words, I Timothy 6:10. Since we are not trying to
influence anyone, and since we desire only those students whom God sends
to us, we bestow no honorary degrees.

CBI does not bestow honorary degrees. While we believe a man who has
accomplished great things for God should be honored, we consider a degree
to be an academic credential which says the one who holds the degree has
satisfactorily completed a prescribed course of study at the bestowing
institution. Christian schools are the only institutions we know of which
bestow honorary degrees. Certainly one would make a fast exit from his
doctor's office if he saw the man's degree reading "Honorary Doctor of
Medicine." Experience and education are two different disciplines of life,
each having its own form of honors for those who excel.

CBI does not offer academic credit for life or ministry experience. We
realize that a man on the field for ten years knows a lot more about God's
business than someone who has just graduated from college. However, as
stated above, experience and education are two different disciplines of life.
Our ministry is education. Hence, we give credit only for educational
achievements pertaining to our field of study.