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the Neo-Pentecostals have exchanged hope for the future for a vision of the present kingdom. Generally, the NPCs focus their vision on prosperity from an essentially individualistic perspective. The use of the personal pronoun \u201Cmine\u201D predominates over the \u201Cour\u201D of community.\u000AOvercoming the dichotomy of church and world becomes part of this eschatological change. It seems that the old dichotomy between the sacred and the secular gives way to a more open participation in the world. Their interest in education projects, managing the mass media for social communication, building of mega-church buildings, exemplifies this involvement with the \u2018world\u2019. This new worldview can explained in part why NEOP is attractive to the middle and high class families of these churches. Small or middle sized business men, professionals, army personnel or politicians, show more interest in things down here than those in heaven. Harold Caballeros while talking about the revival expected in Guatemala emphasized: \u2018We long for a movement of God and his manifestation, but it is true to say that our eyes are on the restoration of our Guatemalan society as well as all of Latin American society\u2019 (Aleluya News special edition 2000: 32). Of course, for now this interest and involvement is on a more individual level and includes personal success.\u000ATheir eschatological focus clearly assumes the building of the Kingdom here and now in connection with the goals of the church and especially the Neo-Pentecostal politicians are more open to the possibility of getting involved in the issues of Guatemalan society. Unfortunately the example of some politicians within and outside of the NEOP, have left a negative balance in the country revealing their desire for power and political ambition. This taking on board of the present world also exposes the Neo-Pentecostals to ideological, political and economic forces of the ruling economic system. As will been noted later Neo-Pentecostal pastors and politicians will even assume that market economy is the best system because they think that it is closest to biblical criteria.\u000A 107\u000A