proclaim. If you are not willing to be a disciple, you have no right to be baptized because it is a commitment to discipleship. The disciples did not spend a lot of time teaching converts before they were baptized. But once the commitment was made, they taught them. When you stop to think about it, that pattern makes sense. Why waste time teaching uncommitted people? Let them prove their commitment in baptism and then begin to teach them what they need to know. I saw this mistake in a mission in