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In spite of that they do not have an articulated social thinking; they show a balanced opinion about some social issues.\u000AAlso, their concern for social problems does not necessarily mean that they know how to approach them or face them. The study reveals also that their openness to discuss social issues does no go hand in hand with an agenda of commitment. There does not appear to be, especially among NPL of the members of the higher classes, a vision or movement that could be a vehicle for social change from the structural point of view politics and economics. The NPL show certain potential for social change in the sphere of political culture.\u000AIn the future the NPL could achieve a greater social vision inside and outside their churches. But, in part it depends on the vision and commitment of their pastors with the social issues. For this to happen the pastors need to show more openness with social issues, and they need to think through their theology in order to respond to the country\u2019s challenges in an integral way. The study also shows that their vision on development and sustainability is limited and in a process of growth. Their education projects are a contribution to the education of the country. Nevertheless, the schools in the Guatemala City are inaccessible to most of the population and accentuate the process of exclusion of the lower middle and working classes. The schools among the middle classes and in the rural areas are an alternative which needs to be observed in further analyses.\u000AAccording to the results of the study most of NPL receive some type of teachings that helps them in their development and socio-economic promotion. Some have obtained certain social mobility in economic terms unlike members of Pentecostal churches that are fighting for survival. Joseph Suico found a similar relation in churches in the Philippines. He emphasizes that these churches from the Evangelical traditional perspective on evangelism, prayer and the support groups, influence positively in political and socioeconomic activities of their members (2003: 232-257). On the other hand, the NPL are exposed to certain emphases, like prosperity theology, that expose them to the criteria\u000A321\u000A