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What are the common features of Neo-Pentecostalism? Some analysts such as Anderson say that Neo-Pentecostalism shares with Pentecostals the emphasis on the power and gifts of the Holy Spirit. Here continuity with classic Pentecostalism can be observed. In practice Neo-Pentecostals put less emphasis on the baptism of the Spirit (2004:11, 13). Here there is some discontinuity. Others underline that Neo-Pentecostalism is considered to be a movement but not an institution although some of these churches profile as denominations. Silveira Campos from the Brazilian Neo-Pentecostal point of view notes, \u2018This is a new form of being Pentecostal, principally because of theological, liturgical and organizational changes, and fits well with the term \u2018Neo-Pentecostalism\u2019 (2000: 9).\u000AFor his part Ari Pedro Oro characterizes Brazilian Neo-Pentecostalism in the following terms: \u2018it possesses charismatic leadership, has very little relationship with the rest of the Christian world, does not expect the faithful to hold confessional links, stimulates emotional expressions, proposes spiritual solutions in the social field, uses mass media to communicate, gives a special place to healing and exorcism rituals and is structured on business lines\u2019 (cited in Frigerio 1994:11-12). Most of those churches in Brazil were established among poor people. That is why Freston affirms that the elite of the NPCs in Guatemala represent a different a sociological phenomenon (1998b:9). David Maxwell emphasises that in Ghana religious revival and reaching the middle classes came through the African Assemblies of God. This movement grew up among the poor in the urban areas and not among the middle classes (2006: 81). Although their features and practices are similar, Pentecostals and Neo-Pentecostals are different and go by another name.\u000AFrom analyses, observations and conversations of the researcher with pastors and members of their churches the following belief motifs of Guatemalan Neo-Pentecostals can be outlined: 1) emphasis on the anointing with the Holy Spirit and the use of the charismas; (The baptism in the Holy Spirit does not receive the importance that it has within traditional Pentecostals); 2) belief in miracles and wonders among which much emphasis is\u000A25\u000A