A Summary of the Twelve Principles

PRINCIPLE #1: Become a friend before you become a preacher.

PRINCIPLE #2: Do not condemn your friend.

PRINCIPLE #3: Take time to get to know them and use their felt needs as conversation starters.

PRINCIPLE #4: Make others curious.

PRINCIPLE #5: Ask questions!

PRINCIPLE #6: Do not defend yourself.

PRINCIPLE #7: Do not try to prove the Bible is true or that your viewpoints are right.

PRINCIPLE #8: Show your friends that their thinking could be wrong.

PRINCIPLE #9: Do not answer all your friend’s questions, and do not give him answers.

PRINCIPLE #10: Ask your unsaved friend if he would like to read the Bible with you.

The Principles of Witnessing to a Stranger

PRINCIPLE #11: Be ready, at any time, to get involved in a conversation about your faith.

PRINCIPLE #12: When you first open the conversation, do not mention God or the Bible unless they do.