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spirits. So the Neo-Pentecostal faith is not only understood as a means of eternal salvation, but also to get material blessings which they feel belong to God\u2019s children by divine right. These ideas and religious practices are to be found and operate within the context of the culture as it was mentioned in the introduction.\u000AThe analysis shows that the NPS express their ideas about social change in day-to- day terms as part of evangelism. Their sermons and teaching start out from the particular Neo-Pentecostal hermeneutics and theology. The majority of the NPS include in their ideas and values that fact that they are helping their members to confront the world. There are members in some of these churches who have a more open interest towards the social, economic and political life of the country.\u000ASome Neo-Pentecostals have reached political power and have occupied other different spaces in government. These politicians believe that changes to favour the population should be carried out by the State as will be shown ahead. They participate based on the idea that \u2018God has called them\u2019 to the political arena to carry out a mission, as well as based on previous political experience that some of them had had before their religious conversion. In spite of the paradox then with regard to their pastor\u2019s discourse about social issues, the Neo-Pentecostals project themselves socially in some areas of the socio-political life of the country. The more general elements that can be observed between the pastors and their churches will now be examined.\u000A1. Education for development\u000AOf the analysed churches four have education projects. The pastors believe that education is an important element for personal and national development. Some of these pastors say that education has been an important contribution of Christianity in favour of development. Because of this they believe that being involved in education is important to confront Guatemala\u2019s educational and social crisis. According to studies carried out by the United Nations, \u2018Education is the basic capacity which confers value to human life. It enlarges\u000A194\u000A