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linked to Liberation Theology. Other pastors recognized with liberty the weakness of the churches with respect to social themes.\u000AThe interviews with the pastors were delayed sometimes due to their tight agendas. In some special cases a wait of three months o more took place before getting an interview. Each interview lasted about one hour and in some cases the researcher had to go back because the interview was cancelled due to an unexpected situation. In spite of their tight schedule of work some of the senior pastors gave the researcher more than one interview. After understanding the objective of the research, the majority of the pastors showed an open attitude towards the researcher.\u000AThe IVF senior pastor after the interview invited the researcher to talk to the leadership of his church about one of the questions discussed with him in the conversation, the relationship between the Evangelical growth and the lack of social impact at national level in the country. One of the leaders, who was a candidate in presidential elections in the 1990s showed interest and talked with the researcher after the meeting. Later on this Neo- Pentecostal politician was interviewed. In the visits to the churches the researcher was able to pick up leaflets, some articles of faith and records of Sunday sermons, bulletins and discipleship material and some tracts and books written by the pastors. Several sermons were listened to in the church services as well as on television and radio programmes. The churches also were visited at different periods of time during the field research in 2000 to 2003 and 2005. These visits helped the researcher to understand what the NPCs feel about social issues.\u000Ab. Associate pastors\u000AAssociate pastors of some of the churches were interviewed who had specific areas of responsibility in the church\u2019s ministry, or were responsible for some branch of the church. These pastors were included because the NPCs have extended to other cities to broaden the view of the opinions and social practice of these churches. Although the figure and\u000A33\u000A