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provided by members of ESH, and a team of volunteers from their churches. The attitude and participation of volunteers in the FMA projects show a potential bank of human resources within and outside of the Neo-Pentecostal world.\u000AD. NETWORKS OF MUTUAL SUPPORT\u000AThe numerical growth of the NPCs is visible in the urban zones of Guatemala and the rest of Latin-America. Their mega-churches unite thousands of members on Sunday. This phenomenon is a motive for concern among some missiologists because it seems to run against the idea of being a community. Some affirm that they have created mere geographic conglomerations. Inside these churches they do not see this in the same way. These depend on the family groups to promote their numerical growth and to provide certain care of their members.\u000A1. The model\u000AAt the beginning the Family groups (FGs) followed Dr. Cho\u2019s and some local churches\u2019 model. Later, most of NPCs adopt the model called G12 (groups of twelve) following Jesus\u2019 way in the choice of his disciples. This model was established by Pastor C\u00E9sar Castellanos of Colombia. According to the Pastor Vladimiro V\u00E1zquez, the success of the G12 is due to the so called \u2018ladder of success\u2019 which has the following steps: a) to win the person so that he is converted to the Christian faith; b) to consolidate their faith by means of loving care, including a retreat for inner healing; c) disciple them for ministry and to face life\u2019s daily challenges, and d) to send the believer to disciple others.80 Although the concept of family groups is not exclusive to the NPCs they have the largest number of them. The LDG had more than 1500 groups in 2005 in all the zones of Guatemala City.\u000A80 In \u2018Conociendo el Modelo de los doce\u2019 Iglesia Visi\u00F3n de Fe Available at www.visiondefe.com Accessed 11.01.06\u000A150\u000A