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CONCLUSIONS\u000AThe NPCs are a new social actor within and outside of Guatemala from the religious perspective. Their ideas about how to confront their present world and the way that they visualize some solutions show that the NPL have not retreated from the world. They are active in their churches, in their daily work, their businesses and have begun to project themselves into the heart of society.\u000AIn spite of their short ecclesiastical history the NPCs have achieved important organizational, ministerial and a missionary advances. They feel that the present belongs to them and confront life with enthusiasm in the midst of the socio-political crises which Guatemala is going through. At the same time, they are starting to project themselves in various directions in church activities, business, and social aid projects or in politics.\u000AIn spite of the negative experiences of R\u00EDos Montt and Serrano El\u00EDas, the NPPs are looking for opportunities to become inserted in Guatemalan politics. They are also getting involved in some government posts. Could the new political actors be different from previous ones? Are they prepared to contribute to the country from the platform of ethics and Christian values? Can these politicians demonstrate a different standard of conduct to that of the nation\u2019s elite? Are they willing to establish strategic alliances with other evangelical sectors to reach political power? Is the laity involved in civil society serving in favour of the community?\u000AThe Neo-Pentecostal churches are establishing some social aid projects as part of their evangelistic mission. Most of those churches have no social programmes, but lately they are getting involved a little bit more. The organization and infrastructure of most of the aid programme is precarious and they do not have sufficient assigned resources to operate on a greater scale. They are usually subordinated to projects of numerical growth of the churches. The percentage of NPL that participate in the projects is small, but it could\u000A158\u000A