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Revelations 21:24\u2019.121 Their declaration leans towards post-millennial interpretation of the kingdom of God which has spiritual and material implications for the here and now of the present world. The kingdom of God is not a just future reality but an irruption on God\u2019s part into the present world and believers take an active part in the building of the kingdom.\u000AIn the Neo-Pentecostal context to win the country for Christ is not only a religious statement but also has political overtones as seen in the case of the ESH where political meaning is acquired. Cant\u00F3n affirms that \u2018Other churches preach the conversion of entire countries, but they do not express themselves in combat terms neither do they place emphasis on political and economic salvation of Guatemala through prayer as the Neo- Pentecostals do\u2019. She goes on to point out that the ESH Campaign \u2018Jesus is Lord of Guatemala\u2019 which is promoted by Harold Caballeros is proposing salvation which transcends the personal, it includes frontal warfare against spiritual armies, which are entrenched in idolatry and promotes an economic vision of salvation (1998: 16-17). Cant\u00F3n exposes some critical elements which reveal the socio-political aspirations of some of the Neo-Pentecostal personalities, but she does not give the same amount of attention to other elements which make up their social thinking which are also clothed in religious language.\u000A2. Salvation of soul and body a. Salvation of the soul\u000AThe NPL use the term \u2018soul\u2019 to refer the person as a human being or to refer to the spiritual dimension of people. Although their discourse emphasizes the idea of \u2018saving the soul\u2019 they do not necessarily leave out material needs of daily life. In spite of the criticisms that the NPCs are not interested in social problems, these lay people link the salvation of the soul with the day to day occurrences. Most of the lay people emphasized that the salvation of \u2018soul\u2019 is not separate from \u2018the other spheres of the life\u2019. In Evangelical conversion the\u000A 121 Declaration of vision ESH church. http://www.elshaddai.net .10-12-05\u000A 243\u000A