The Yes Effect: Accepting God's Invitation to Transform the World Around You

From the missions strategist behind "The 10/40 Window"In 1990, Luis Bush helped change modern missions by introducing the concept of the 10/40 window, a geographic region where large, dense populations of people suffered severe poverty and limited access to the gospel-essentially shining a light on the world?s greatest need.  Now, after decades spent serving in global missions mobilization, Luis has a unique perspective on what God is doing around the world. Though statistics and maps can be a great place to start, The Yes Effect reveals that true transformation begins when we restart our hearts-getting in sync with God?s tenderness toward the oppressed and regaining compassion for the lost. In The Yes Effect, Dr. Bush shares his own story as well as inspiring stories of individuals and organizations around the world whose acts of love and justice are bringing hope and transformation in places of misery and immobility. From the orphans weeping in Bihar, India, to garbage collectors in Cairo, Egypt-from the single mom trying to find a way to feed her family as a Syrian refugee, to the church cowering under government control-God is at work in surprising places. And this transformation is sparked when ordinary people say yes to God, igniting an ongoing global chain reaction that sees glimpses God?s kingdom springing up all over the world.Ultimately, The Yes Effect will give you an encouraging window into worldwide efforts to spread the gospel, and it will inspire you to give God your ?yes?-and like so many others before you, become part of God?s global story of transformation. Review Praise for The Yes EffectThis is one of the best books on modern missions I have ever read. I recommend it not only to missionaries and mission candidates but also to local church pastors and officers. It tells us how to face problems honestly and define them accurately so we can trust God to use us to solve them effectively. I wish I had read a book like this sixty years ago! It will both educate you and energize you. Go for it!  Warren W. Wiersbe, Internationally known Bible teacher and bestselling author If the immensity of the world?s suffering makes you feel powerless, The Yes Effect is assigned reading. Its stories of real people saying yes to God illustrate the urgent task of loving God by loving God?s world. This book compels us to see those who suffer and to weep with them. It also invites us to pray and to work for the kingdom coming on earth as it is in heaven. Jen Pollock Michel, Author of Teach Us to Want and Keeping PlaceLuis Bush is a leader who embodies the gospel as well as anyone I know. If you are serious about making an impact on this world for the cause of Christ, Luis has always had much to say worth pondering. Listen to him and be moved! Barry H. Corey, President of Biola University and author of Love KindnessWe are so thankful for Luis and Doris Bush?s vision and passion-to reach the most needy, lost, and broken people of the world. May these inspiring stories move the hearts of many to say yes to the Lord?s call in their lives and to bring the gospel, wherever God leads, to the ends of the earth. Lane and Ebeth Dennis, President and Executive Vice President of Publishing Ministry at CrosswayLuis Bush has been a magnificent example of helping to transform the world wherever he has gone. The Yes Effect is packed with stories of humble peoplewho have transformed their cities by saying yes to God?s invitation to change the world around us. Paul Eshleman, Vice President of Campus Crusade for Christ InternationalMissionary tales were favorites of mine when I was young, but I stopped reading them as I grew up and sensed God calling me to put down roots and serve my neighbors. Reading this astonishing and beautiful testimony of God?s work in the world, I saw with new eyes the value of my own small yes. When we say yes to God, even in small things, our hearts and then our communi