There are many ways to make disciples. Preachers make disciples. Teachers do too. Evangelists make disciples sometimes and so do pastors. But regardless of our gifting, the best way to make disciples is to model the way to live with our behavior. Talk is cheap.  But living a life of love in the face of hardships is not easy.  And every church planter I have ever known has been acquainted with sorrows. Persecution, rejection, family members who do not understand our devotion to God, sickness, spiritual warfare.  All of this is part of the life of a church planter