Without Being a Missionary You Cannot Be a Disciple (Quote to Ponder: Alan and Deborah Hirsch)

I’m currently reading Untamed: reactivating a missional form of discipleship by Alan and Deborah Hirsch.  This quote stood out to me on page 29:

You simply cannot be a disciple without being a missionary – a sent one. For way too long discipleship has been limited to issues relating to our own personal morality and worked out i the context of the four walls of the church with its privatized religion. In doing this, we have severely neglected our biblical mandate to go and “make disciples.” We have narrowed the gospel message o just being about us. Please hear us: we don’t want to neglect issues of personal morality. To strive for holiness and maturity in our own personal lives is extremely important, but it is only half the picture; the other half is our God-given responsibility to the world around us. The fact is that you can’t be a disciple without being a missionary: no mission, no discipleship. It’s as simple as that.

Do you agree?  How does the connection to mission and discipleship play itself out?