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Travis Mitchell from Stepping In Faith:

"Someone might say bad doctrine is primarily the individual’s fault and secondarily the institution’s, but to that assertion I ask the question, “from where does good doctrine come, if not from institutionalized instruction?” Our culture – in all its privatized glory – has pitched us the idea that we learn best what we figure out ourselves, and the church has bought it. While to some degree this statement rings true, there is another, more biblical approach with which we must recon ourselves to. It is called discipleship; teaching; instruction. The bible calls it all of these things and more. Did Paul not command Timothy, his disciple, to take what he had been taught and entrust it to faithful men who will be able to teach others also (2 Tim. 2:2)? Did Jesus not commission his disciples to make disciples of all nations (Matt. 28:19)? I am afraid that much of modern missions is centered around the idea of evangelizing the nations. Jesus, rather, said to indoctrinate the nations! Therefore, beloved, I plead with you to be disciple-makers. For God’s sake, be disciple-makers. If we will not heed this Scriptural mandate, the church will surely fall to the cults. For they, you can be assured, disciple well."