Do You Really Understand Discipleship?

You can teach and preach on the topic of Discipleship, but unless you are producing new ministers than you can not possibly understand Discipleship. 
The word "Discipleship" has become a huge buzzword in church ministries this past decade.  People are trying to brand or trademark Discipleship as if they came up with the concept.  Unfortunately, our churches have so neglected Discipleship that it seems as if it really is a new concept.  Truthfully, Discipleship is nothing more than passionately pursuing Christ while passionately leading people to Christ.  The method you choose to Disciple can vary from small group ministries to having an open door policy at the church office.  The measure of whether your efforts are effective or not is the production of new ministers.  I'm not talking about new ministry leaders within your church.  That is not an effective measurement.  Convincing someone to volunteer in a class is not Discipleship.  I am talking about producing ministers that create new ministries within your church or branch off your church and start new ministries people that answer the call to become pastors, evangelists, worship pastors, and missionaries.  These are the people have truly been discipled.  Ask yourself this question - If you are truly being disicpled how could you not answer the call to ministry?  The rote response to this question is - Aren't we all called to ministry?  The answer to that is an absolute yes.  However, if Christ is our most precious example of Discipleship than why do we water down the fact that all His disciples were called into full time ministry?  Are we kidding ourselves when we say we are Discipling when we are not producing ministers?