Some apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, teachers but...

... everyone is commanded to be discipling. This should be really simple for every believer to understand. But we have so lost this simple truth.

And He personally gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors and teachers, for the training of the saints in the work of ministry, to build up the body of Christ, until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of God’s Son, [growing] into a mature man with a stature measured by Christ’s fullness.
* The bracketed text was added by the translators for clarity.
Ephesians 4:11-13

The Ephesians 4:11-13 passage pretty clearly states that God provided some individuals for the task of training all believers for ministry. But what ministry? Coming to a church building and participating in programs? For years the Great Commission has been considered Christ's marching orders for believers.

Go, therefore, and* make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe everything I have commanded you.
* Lit and instruct, or and disciple (as a verb)
Matthew 28:19-20a

So the marching orders for believers includes the responsibility to, as we are going [read as you go about your day to day life], teach other believers to observe everything Christ commanded. Problem is we have translated that into serving donuts, shaking hands at the door, passing an offering plate, mowing the lawn, or dozens of other similar tasks to keep an organization going... an organization to which most believers have abdicated their Christ-commanded responsibility to be teaching everything Christ commanded (discipling). An abdication based on Ephesians 4:11-13 claiming not everyone is called to be a teacher. But, the teachers and other individuals of Ephesians 4:11-13 are those who teach or train the disciplers to disciple; they train or equip the believers for the work of ministry to which Christ commissioned believers.

The "as your are going" aspect of our commision from Christ indicates this is something we are doing as we live life and throughout our life as a believer. Who discipled you? Not who were your preacher/pastors, the leaders of your Bible studies, or your Sunday School teachers, but who spent one on one time with you for the purpose of intentionally training you to observe everything Christ commanded and for the purpose of equipping you to pass on that training to your own disciples? To whom are you passing on your own training so they will be equipped to pass on to their own disiples everything Christ commanded?

And what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses, commit to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.
2 Timothy 2:2

I've recently rediscovered the importance of this simple truth. I'm grateful for those who commited to me what they had heard from someone else. These individuals had a major impact on who I am today in Christ. I've come face to face with the simple formula I lost for many years of looking past the individuals and focusing on the multitude.

I'm back on track with a commitment to entrust to faithful people what I heard so they will be equipped to teach others also. How about you? Who's investing in you? Maybe you should find someone. Into whom are you investing what you've learned? Maybe you should ask God to bring a disciple your way. Then you will be fulfilling the comission of your Savior.