What are the exams like? Do trainees get grades? Is it possible to fail?

"What then, brothers? Whenever you come together, each one has... Let all things be done for building up" (1 Cor. 14:26). Most of the classes in the training have either oral or written exams in the middle and end of the term, depending upon the type of class and the trainer. With oral examinations, trainees are usually asked to either speak concerning some point of truth, testify of some personal experience of the Lord, or simply share what they have enjoyed from the Word or the ministry. Sometimes for the sake of our perfecting, trainers call specific trainees to the front of the class to speak individually, but typically this is done in groups. There is a lot of light here, but the light is in an atmosphere of love. By exercising a spirit of learning through listening to one another, we are all encouraged and built up together. Most of the trainers prefer to use written exams for their classes. These exams test more objective facts (e.g.  more