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Table 5.13 Educational ideas of Neo-Pentecostal professionals and entrepreneurs\u000A Education and values\u000AAid programmes\u000AEvangelization and prayer\u000A- Setting up schools and literacy programmes\u000A- The formation of Christian values: work, vision, change of mentality, among others.\u000A- Paradigm changes to transform cultural vices\u000A- Creation of projects: health centres, agriculture programmes among others.\u000A- Medical day trips to improve the health condition among the poor\u000A- Creation of businesses to provide work\u000A- Preaching the gospel to transform people\u000A- Teach people to give to others as a part of the love of God\u000A- Intercession for the country and the ministry of liberation\u000A (exorcism) Source: Survey of Neopentecostal entrepreneurs and professionals 2003\u000A2. Spiritual factor\u000AThe spiritual factor has pre-eminence in the Neo-Pentecostal world. Spiritual warfare is a belief and a tool to explain the evils that surround and afflict them. It is warfare that has been brought from the heavens to earth. Firstly, some lay people think that poverty must result from the fact that people \u2018do not fear God\u2019, \u2018do not have faith\u2019, or it comes as a \u2018consequence of sin\u2019, and \u2018bonds\u2019 that limit their economy (L3FCG). This last element occupies a considerable space in Neo-Pentecostal theology.\u000AFrom their worldview poverty is a curse as according to their teachings \u2018a person can be bound\u2019, by a generational curse. This refers to a diabolic force that weighs on a person, family, and community by means of curses or through the presence of demonic spirits. These forces affect negatively all the being of a person, including their social, political and economic surroundings.\u000AThe liberation of the curse of poverty is got by means of Spiritual Warfare. According to Wynarczyk and Seman (1995), Sik Hong (2000) and Oca\u00F1a (2002), this warfare is the central axis of the Neo-Pentecostal teachings. The NPL believe in the need to transform curses into blessings through spiritual warfare. According to their pastors,\u000A\u2018God created a system of blessing and the devil corrupted it\u2019. From their perspective 281\u000A