1. Write down the name of every non-Adventist you know, and beside it, write the word or phrase describing how you know that person.  I call this word or phrase the “context.”  (Examples: Neighbor, relative, co-worker, plumber, hair-dresser, etc.)
2. Start praying for each person on your list, out loud, every day.
3. Ask God to impress you with ideas on how to meet with that person in an environment or in an activity that is different than you’ve written on your list.  Maybe the person is your neighbor and you see him/her doing a project at home.  Well, volunteer to help in that project.
4. When you’ve done this, write the neighbor’s name on your list again, only this time the “context” would be the project you helped with.
5. Continue looking for new activities, new contexts, in which to relate to your neighbor.  After each, add a new line to your personal list.  Notice, these “Step-One Encounters” don’t need to have a spiritual component, but document each one on your list.
6. “Step-Two Encounters” begin as you pray for each person every day. Ask God to provide an opportunity in which you can raise a very general spiritual topic.  There are some good books to read that will give you ideas about how to ask questions that bring spiritual topics, for example, refer to Bridges 101 by Ruthie C. Jacobsen.  You don’t need to jump into Bible studies.  This is only to let your friend know that spiritual values are important to you.
7. The next step is to consider how you can introduce your friend to others like you.  This is where a group of people in your church who are doing the same as you are, can be a real help.  You can plan seminars or other activities to which you can invite the person, but the primary reason is for them to make new friends.
8. It is easy to see that if you and/or your church-team plan twice-yearly cottage meetings, or Bible studies, or evangelistic meetings at the church, the more contexts in which you’ve gotten to know your friend, the more likely it will be that they will be comfortable accepting your invitation to a reaping event.

As you can see: 1) Your daily prayer for each person is vital, 2) Ask God to impress you with opportunities and new activities during which you can develop that friendship, 3) Ask God to impress you with questions to ask or comments to make that will bring a spiritual topic into your conversation, 4) Plan group activities to which you can invite your friends so they can meet the other members of your team, and finally, 5) be sure you have scheduled small, intimate, evangelistic activities during which the plan of salvation is presented in the context of the Three Angels Messages of Revelation and an invitation to accept Jesus and His truth is made.