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definite ideas in this respect while others are not so precise. This paradox causes confusion to the observer and makes it difficult to see what is happening within these churches. Droogers says that these paradoxes among Pentecostals need to be examined carefully as they are not always what they seem to be. For example, he indicates that they reject this world and they separate from it, but simultaneously they act like citizens and exemplary workers. Also he underlines that in the charismatic movements, despite the fact that pastors play an important role the lay people are able to create their own space (1998: 6-7). In some ways this paradox could confuse the observer by not permitting him to see what really goes on inside these churches. Understanding this disjunctive helps to show how they think about their role and presence in society.\u000AIn the first place this paradox stems from the religious language which the pastors use in their discourse. Their ideas on social issues are generally couched in religious language as is the case even with lay university students. For example, the idea of conversion implies social change but they do not express it in that way. They do not articulate their thought in a theological or sociological frame. The researcher had to make some adjustments in his questions in order to understand better the Neo-Pentecostal thinking. Cecilia Mariz says that \u2018it is more useful to identify the practical consequences of religious beliefs and experiences in the daily life of the faithful, than to discuss the degree of political conservatism of their ideologies (1995a: 2005).\u000AIn second place, the investigation shows that the thinking and social role which the NPL have is better understood from their understanding and practice in daily living. They do not articulate social theory but assume life with its challenges full of Neo-Pentecostal faith motifs. The NPL weave their ideas about life and the world from their experience of faith. They speak naturally about their faith, work, businesses, or sport. Their idea about the Kingdom being present now helps them to be more open to the world and not to separate the sacred from the profane, especially the high and middle class lay people. John Burdick argues that one needs \u2018to untie the paradox that on the one hand their new sense of\u000A178\u000A