Luis Bush is an Argentina-born Christian missionary and the president of the Transform World Connections.
Early life
Bush was born in
Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...
, but was raised in
Brazil
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. In 1970 he graduated from the
University of North Carolina
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in
Chapel Hill, N.C. in
economics
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Economics focuses on the behaviour and intera ...
and worked in
Business Consulting A business consultant (from Latin ''consultare'', "to discuss") is a professional who provides professional or expert advice or service in a particular area such as security (electronic or physical), management, accountancy, law, human resources, ma ...
for an
Arthur Andersen Consulting in
Chicago
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before deciding in 1973 to devote his life to
Christian ministry
In Christianity, ministry is an activity carried out by Christians to express or spread their faith, the prototype being the Great Commission. The '' Encyclopedia of Christianity'' defines it as "carrying forth Christ's mission in the world", in ...
. He graduated from
theological seminary
A seminary, school of theology, theological seminary, or divinity school is an educational institution for educating students (sometimes called ''seminarians'') in scripture, theology, generally to prepare them for ordination to serve as clergy, ...
in 1978.
Ministry
In 1978, he traveled to
San Salvador
San Salvador (; ) is the capital and the largest city of El Salvador and its eponymous department. It is the country's political, cultural, educational and financial center. The Metropolitan Area of San Salvador, which comprises the capital i ...
, along with his wife Doris, to serve at the
Iglesia Nazaret as senior
pastor
A pastor (abbreviated as "Pr" or "Ptr" , or "Ps" ) is the leader of a Christian congregation who also gives advice and counsel to people from the community or congregation. In Lutheranism, Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy and ...
. Bush led the movement of missions called COMIBAM from
Latin America
Latin America or
* french: Amérique Latine, link=no
* ht, Amerik Latin, link=no
* pt, América Latina, link=no, name=a, sometimes referred to as LatAm is a large cultural region in the Americas where Romance languages — languages derived f ...
during its initial phase and later served as
CEO
A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a central executive officer (CEO), chief administrator officer (CAO) or just chief executive (CE), is one of a number of corporate executives charged with the management of an organization especially ...
of
Partners International from 1986 to 1992, an organization that seeks to grow communities of Christian witnesses in largely non-Christian areas by partnering with indigenous Christian ministries. He served as the international director of the
AD2000 & Beyond Movement from 1989-2001.
The 10/40 Window & Transform World
He and his wife Doris coined the term
10/40 Window which focused on the region of the world with least exposure to
Christianity
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.
[. (This link is to the map, which is part of an extensive cover story.)] Transform World was the name given to the first global event in
Indonesia
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in 2005 when Luis was asked to serve as international facilitator for other related events processes.
4/14 Window
Luis Bush also champions the term
4/14 Window
The child evangelism movement is an American Christian evangelism movement founded in 1937 by Jesse Irvin Overholtzer, who founded the Christian organization Child Evangelism Fellowship (CEF). It focuses on the 4/14 window, which centers on evang ...
which is a
child evangelism movement
The child evangelism movement is an American Christian evangelism movement founded in 1937 by Jesse Irvin Overholtzer, who founded the Christian organization Child Evangelism Fellowship (CEF). It focuses on the 4/14 window, which centers on evangel ...
term. The 4/14 Window is a global Christian mission movement focused on delivering children between the ages of 4 and 14 years old from oppression, deception, depression and destruction.
Overview of the 4/14 movement
Later studies
Bush completed a PhD in Intercultural Studies
Interculturalism is a political movement that supports Cross-cultural communication, cross-cultural dialogue and challenging Auto-segregation, self-segregation tendencies within cultures.John Nagle, Multiculturalism's Double-Bind: Creating Inclusiv ...
from Fuller Theological Seminary
Fuller Theological Seminary is an interdenominational Evangelical Christian seminary in Pasadena, California, with regional campuses in the western United States. It is egalitarian in nature.
Fuller consistently has a student body that compri ...
School of Intercultural Studies in 2003. The study of catalytic antecedents of today’s mission led to a World Inquiry
In its most general sense, the term "world" refers to the totality of entities, to the whole of reality or to everything that is. The nature of the world has been conceptualized differently in different fields. Some conceptions see the worl ...
conducted from 2002 to 2004 involving participants from more than 700 cities.
References
External links
Luis Bush Papers
AD2000 & Beyond Movement
Transform World 2020
4/14 Window
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
American Protestant missionaries
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill alumni
American expatriates in El Salvador
Protestant missionaries in El Salvador
Argentine emigrants to the United States