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perspective, including a study on how they are promoting new values among their membership and in Guatemalan society.\u000ATo discover if the teachings and stimulus received from NPCs generate social mobility among their members\u000AAccording to Miller & Yamamori a relationship does in fact exist between Pentecostal conversion and economic advance although this is not their goal but a consequence of changed lives (2007: 168-169). In this case the type of teaching and stimulus received from their churches in order to attain economic develompent will be analyzed.\u000ATo study the new Neo-Pentecostal orientation toward the world\u000AAre the NPL (Neo-Pentecostal lay people) interested in getting involved in improving the wellbeing of society especially in the light of the changed eschatological paradigm? Ricardo Mariano points out that the NPCs in Brazil are promoting a series of changes within the Pentecostal communities and the understanding of Brazilian religiosity. He confirms that the effects of their practice also have repercussions in politics, influencing the theological contents and liturgy of other Evangelical denominations (cited by Brasil 2002: 254).\u000ATo investigate which kind of social projects the NPCs are involved in\u000AIn which ways is the membership enrolled on those programmes? The analysis seeks to discover how they relate their social thought to social programmes to their daily lives in society. It is also important to know if those projects are available for needy people.\u000ATo observe how the NPCs treat women and indigenous groups\u000A6\u000A