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the most common Neo-Pentecostal beliefs will follow taking into account that these are not exclusively theirs.\u000A1. Prosperity Theology\u000AThose who study NEOP consider that this doctrine is the key of their growth. It attracts above all middle and high class people. Of course this is now also a common belief among poor and working classes NPCs churches. The Neo-Pentecostals affirm that God wants spiritual and material prosperity for his children. Their favourite text is a message from St. John: \u2018I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well with you, even as your soul is getting along well\u2019 (3 John 1:2 NIV). The researcher observed this text sculptured in a bronze framework in one of the main entrances of the church of pastor Cho in the Yoido Church in Korea. This shows the emphasis that the Pentecostal and Neo- Pentecostal churches give to the theme of material prosperity as well as the influence that the NPCs have received from other churches outside of Latin-America.\u000AThey believe that God desires both spiritual prosperity as well as material prosperity for his children. NEOP brings with it a proposal of how Christians can confront poverty and how to be successful. They do not just believe that God blesses and prospers, but rather assume a positive attitude towards the blessings of God and an attitude of rejection of poverty which according to them is not part of the purposes of God.\u000AProsperity is a sign of God\u2019s blessing and believers must claim it. The senior pastor of FCG makes the following comments about the experience of his church: \u2018There are many people who have been totally healed [...] other families have experienced financial recovery as they apply these biblical principles which determine economic abundance\u2019 (cited in \u2018Fraternidad Cristiana de Guatemala\u2019 1999a: 4). According to this Neo- Pentecostal pastor\u2019s testimony church members who arrived to church in debt, with nothing more than the clothes on their backs, got over their crisis and live in the prosperity of God. In the context of these churches it is a contradiction to be a Christian and to be\u000A98\u000A