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academically in this branch of the penal rights. A lay entrepreneur of the ICV said that he supports the Casa Bernab\u00E9 (CB) through fundraising and collecting clothes because of the need this institution has in caring for orphaned children. Finally, an IVF professional said that he participates along side other Christians interested in changing the country through the cultural transformation and institutional change. He participates in a group called \u2018the church will save the nation\u2019. This group considers that change must be cultural by means of transformation of institutions and reforms of the constitution to create a more egalitarian society. This proposed change is of a structural nature.\u000AFinally, it is also important to note that professionals of other Evangelical churches participate in important civic and government positions in society. For example Eli\u00FA Higueros was a magistrate and later was named president of Guatemala\u2019s Supreme Court of Justice in 2007. Raymundo Caz is one of the current magistrates of the Electoral Supreme Court. Both are members of churches of Central American Mission. These examples show how Evangelicals are beginning to have a notable presence in spheres of Guatemalan civil society. This presence in civil society begs the question; could leadership spring up from Evangelical and Neo-Pentecostal middle-classes that could bring social change to the country? According to Guatemalan sociologist Guzm\u00E1n Bockler, the middle- class in Guatemala has lost leadership who could bring about social change. He says that \u2018the middle-class is totally ambiguous like it has always been and it is as the entire world [...] they follow whichever current is moving. It is not possible to trust the middle-classes for anything. At the moment of difficulty they align themselves to the one who is going to win\u2019.124 Among the NPCs one can see people interested in getting involved in social programmes that could stimulate other to do the same among those churches. This analysis also reveals that the middle and high class laity discussed show more interest to discuss social problems than the laity of churches from lower middle and working-class areas.\u000A124 In an interview by Francisco Mauricio Martinez, \u2018Carlos Guzm\u00E1n Bockler: nunca he pedido chamba a nadie\u2019, Revista D frente, Semanario de Prensa Libre, No.30, Guatemala 30 de enero 2005. Available at http://www.prensalibre.com.gt/pl/domingo/archivo/revistad/2005/enero05/300105/dfrente.shtml Accessed 26.7.07\u000A 261\u000A