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announcement of the good news, but neglect the prophetic denunciation against the social sins of society.\u000AThe reconstruction of the country is threatened by the gradual growth of social decomposition, poverty, maintaining social inequality, exclusion, discrimination, and social political and economic social polarization and the growth of common violence and organized crime (Reyes 2004: 69). The NPPs need to consider seriously these problems and challenges in their work agenda. The church does not have to forget \u2018the call to contribute to the creation of worthier structures for human society (Yoder in Padilla 1998: 41). Evangelical revivalism should affect in some way the social structures exoste in the country.\u000AFinally, NPCs do not seem to promote a support network among churches to facilitate social transformation from within. In general, their ecclesiastical agenda is based on their local projects. The rest of Evangelical churches reflect a similar pattern. There does not exist between NPCs and the other churches a network of cooperation for mutual support that could stimulate a vision in favour of social transformation. The NPCs of middle and high classes almost have little relationships with the NPCs of the working classes. The existing approaches occur through congresses, evangelistic campaigns, concerts or events like the annual March for Jesus. Nevertheless, these encounters are more informal and temporary. The NPCs and other Evangelical churches have the challenge to promote an agenda of more deliberate inter-ecclesiastical approach in the search of cooperation in a wider sense. If the church tries to be an alternative community it must incarnate the values of the kingdom in its own patio.\u000AThe church must be a model of class humanity within where, for example, economic and racial differences have been surpassed (Yoder 1998: 36). Finally, social reform that contributes towards the transformation of the country will, according to Stoll, be possible by a conglomerate of Evangelical churches. That is, NPCs could arrive at a part of this social reform movement. But, one of the weaknesses of NEOP is its sense of self-\u000A345\u000A


































































































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