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Table 5.6 Are you involved in your church\u2019s projects?\u000A Options Yes\u000AFrequency Valid Percent 174 33.6\u000A73 14.1\u000A31 6\u000A240 46.3 518 100\u000A Sometimes\u000AI do not know them\u000AI am not involved\u000ATotal\u000ASource: Survey of Neo-Pentecostal lay people 2003\u000A The survey that went to the Neo-Pentecostal entrepreneurs and professionals (SNPEP) showed a similar tendency. The survey shows that the 29.4 per cent participate in some project or social foundation. 7.3 per cent participate occasionally, and the 62.7 per cent do not participate in any social project. Of the entrepreneurs and professionals surveyed a third of them participated in some social aid project. This percentage is significant because they are people with busy agendas.\u000AThe NPL were also asked if they thought that Christians ought to participate in neighbourhood committees and if they had participated in them. Most of lay people interviewed said that they ought to do so. They indicated that \u2018for the common benefit\u2019, \u2018we need to work together\u2019, \u2018to show diligence and honesty\u2019, \u2018we must contribute in spiritual and material ways in favour of the neighbourhood\u2019, \u2018Yes, Christians must preach with the example. They must help keep the community tidy to live better, in harmony serve each other\u2019, and other such statements. Nevertheless, of those who were interviewed only a third participate in these committees. Those that admitted to not participating said that they had no extra time or because they were busy in other areas of work in the church. These answers reflect in part that the mentality of the Guatemalan middle classes is absorbed by their work agenda and their own interests.\u000AThe GSNPL shows similarly that only 16.9 per cent participate and that 15.5 per cent does so sometimes. Although the majority said that they do not participate in neighbourhood committees they said that they would be willing to do so [Table 5.7]. This\u000A258\u000A