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some Neo-Pentecostal churches in Guatemala City. Her study concentrates on religious conversion. Gooren in his book Rich among the poor (1999) analyses one of the branches of the LDG church and other religious groups in a marginal area of Guatemala City. Stoll in his article called \u2018Jesus is Lord of Guatemala\u2019 analyses Guatemalan Neo-Pentecostalism (1994). He observes the possibility of Protestantism moving forward the process of social transformation. In his study he looks mainly at the role of NPCs. However, he does not take all NPCs into account. He mainly makes reference to Rios Montt\u2019s government and emphasizes the level of political participation. There is a lack of study of the Neo- Pentecostal phenomenon as a movement, as well as the social vision that characterises the ordinary membership of NPCs and their role and possibilities within the socio-political and cultural reality of the country. Studies about the Evangelical churches have concentrated on the leadership and the role of Neo-Pentecostal politicians (NNPs).\u000AG. NEO-PENTECOSTALISM IN GUATEMALA\u000AWho are the Neo-Pentecostals? What is to be understood by Neo-Pentecostalism? How do they define themselves? Where are they to be placed within Guatemalan Protestantism? The following is an attempt to define who they are and to try to differentiate them from the rest of the Evangelical churches.\u000A1. Evangelicals in general\u000AIn the Guatemalan context and in the rest of Latin America the term \u2018Evangelical\u2019 is used to refer to Protestant. Whether they derive from the historic, Pentecostal, Neo- Pentecostal or independent churches, they are seen to be Evangelical and as such are differentiated from Catholics. Both refer to a non Catholic sector of the Christian church: \u2018the Evangelicals\u2019 [In this investigation, the term \u2018Protestant\u2019 will be used interchangeably with \u2018Evangelical\u2019].\u000A 18\u000A