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poverty, and by doing this I arrived at the conclusion that my contribution in the church was from the periphery, unless I could reach a position where I could make public political decisions as tools to change Guatemala\u2019 (Castillo, Nuestro Diario, 3 de junio de 2007: 8- 10). This decision did not surprise the members of his church who had heard him continually give talks on social issues. He turned from the reflection to praxis. It did however raise some questions among both Guatemalan Evangelical leaders as well as politicians.107\u000AIn spite of the NPS belief that their membership should participate in politics, they now show some reserves about supporting Evangelical candidates. The ICV senior pastor considers that a few Evangelicals in positions of authority in the government \u2018will not do much\u2019 because of the levels of corruption in the country. For this reason he states the country needs to be evangelized and discipled following Jesus\u2019 model so that people can live differently. He says that only in this way can a strong impact on society be achieved changing and eventually forming a \u2018critical mass\u2019 of people who are trained in politics, in government and in business. People need to be trained along biblical guidelines: live pious lives and be an influence like salt and light in their respective professions or jobs (P1ICV).\u000ATo summarise, the NPS think that politics are part of the Christian responsibility of all Christians. They affirm the idea that the changes that the country needs can be achieved through means of political power. In some ways they think that Evangelicals have the right to govern the country. This way of thinking about politics has led them to give moral and pastoral support to those politicians who have emerged from their membership. In the case of R\u00EDos Montt it was not just spiritual support, but also organic providing some leaders to occupy key posts in his cabinet. Of course, NPCs do not mention the bad experiences of NPPs like R\u00EDos Montt y Serrano El\u00EDas. In general, they not reflect on these political experiences and on the implications they bring for the new evangelical politician.\u000A107 The President of the Guatemalan Evangelical Alliance affirmed that the members of the board had had a meeting with Harold Caballeros where they asked him questions about his decision to assume political leadership and leave the pastorate. On this occasion Caballeros said that he had not renounced his pastoral vocation, but that he saw his leadership in politics as an extension of his call (IO7).\u000A212\u000A