Mission Is at the Core of Discipleship And why most of us see it that way my 20 years as a pastor, noticed a tendency among Christians to separate discipleship and evangelism. We often neatly categorize discipleship as something that takes place in a classroom, with a small group of people and chosen curriculum. And we categorize evangelism as something that takes place out in the community and on mission trips. But Jesus never saw discipleship and evangelism as things that exist separately. In fact, he treated them more like two sides of the same coin. Jesus make disciples in a SMALL GROUPS DIGIZINE By Alan Danielson laboratory or a classroom. Rather, he made disciples the When Jesus called people to be his disciples, he said, follow me, and I will make you of (Matthew 4:19, NIV 1984). In mind, discipleship is successful when followers become they combine discipleship with mission (or evangelism). Thus, as an example to us, Jesus modeled being a man of action, making a tremendous difference in the world. The way Jesus made disciples was through modeling missional action.