In this article I want to concentrate on the main verb in the great commission. What does it mean to ‘make disciples’ or to be a disciple? Very much has been said and written on the other parts of this basic text for the understanding of the mission of the church. Books and articles on Christology deal with the character of Jesus’ authority as described in the NT. The command to ‘go out’ has been a main concern in the missiology, defining mission as crossing borders in order to proclaim the gospel