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result of \u2018a new move of the Spirit\u2019 in times when the Pentecostal churches, historic and other churches were experimenting loss of power, spiritual stagnation and ritualism.95 They see themselves as a sign of renewal of life in the Spirit within Protestantism, and believe that church itself is a contribution to the spiritual life of the people which is accompanied by changes in other areas of their life and their social setting.\u000AThe Neo-Pentecostals assure folk that the \u2018supernatural\u2019 presence of God makes the people find in their churches \u2018the touch of the Spirit on their lives\u2019. A theologian from the Colombian context points out that the \u2018manifestation of the Spirit\u2019 of new Pentecostalism \u2018invites people to explore the new riches of God\u2019 (EO1).96 Rigoberto G\u00E1lvez from the \u2018Familia de Dios\u2019 church says that the NPCs \u2018have recuperated the hermeneutic of experience and the theology of subjectivity which fits in with the gospel\u2019 (2000: 11). This presence is what these pastors say attract many people who need spiritual, emotional, physical and economic change. They consider that this presence of the divine represents an opportunity for these people to change their lives.\u000ABernardo Campos from his analysis of Peruvian Pentecostalism affirms that it is a \u2018religious movement\u2019 which \u2018empowers the church and produces organic and visible signs\u2019. He affirms hat \u2018Pentecostalism\u2019 is a religious experience with a \u2018divine origin\u2019. That is why he signals that this movement of spirituality can \u2018channel social changes and dreams, and hopes and utopias of the possibilities of a better world\u2019 (1995: 57, 58, 70). The NPS see themselves as a renewal movement within the Christian church. The researcher observed in services and televised programmes how some members experience what they call \u2018the anointing of the Spirit\u2019. This experience produced a series of manifestations which brought joy or healing to them. Some authors affirm that the power of the Holy Spirit is a force which transforms the NPL into strong Christians who can face threats whether they\u000A95 \u2018\u00A1Sacerdocio Santo...!\u2019 in Bolet\u00EDn Quincenal No.21, Iglesia de Jesucristo La Familia de Dios, Guatemala domingo 14 de noviembre.\u000A96 He affirms that Neo-Pentecostalism arises in a context where traditional theology, Pentecostal or historic and also the Theology of Liberation, have not responded to the expectancy of a society that has lost hope in modernism and its proposals. He considers that Neo-Pentecostalism could be considered as an answer to the challenges of postmodernism.\u000A180\u000A