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his vision about revivals and social transformations. Thirty percent of some 5000 participants came from various Latin American countries as well as some from outside the continent. It was interesting to find a Nicaraguan Evangelical leader in Managua who told the researcher that in some manner he was going to adopt pastor Caballeros\u2019 vision.\u000AIn 2006 the researcher went to the Fraternidad Cristiana de Guatemala where the \u2018Million Leaders\u2019 Project was presented supported by the pastor and writer John Maxell. The challenge presented was how to raise 50,000 Guatemalan leaders to assume the great mission and to serve the nation. On that night there were 3000 people present, many leaders of distinct churches and Evangelical organizations queuing to sign up for the project. The leadership of FCG promotes this project in Guatemala. These examples show the effect that these congresses have within the NPCs in Guatemala and the rest of Central America.\u000AThey also have a series of short retreats related to family groups. They place a lot of attention on retreats for couples of different ages and young people. In some of these churches special attention is given to single women or divorcees. These churches have popularized retreats for inner healing which previously had been pushed by the more Pentecostal groups. The pre-encounters, post-encounters of the G12 have a central place in numerical growth and as a means to provide inner healing to their members. The slogan of the FCG retreats states: \u2018You must be healthy to be able to serve\u2019.\u000AThese encounters have raised concern among the leaders of the historic churches because of the psychological pressure which they put on those present. Some critics ask \u2018is it really true that in the services which they conduct each week there is an unbalanced emphasis on having to go to the Pre-encounters, the Encounters and the Post-encounters? Are they abusing the members of the church by putting on them psychological pressures?\u2019 (La Prensa Evang\u00E9lica, \u2018Poder de lo alto\u2019 No 33/2006: 37).\u000A 138\u000A