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5. Secondary sources of information\u000AIn the investigation the following sources were used to collect information about the thoughts and social role of these churches: A series of visits were made to the churches and some of their educative and service institutions. There was participation in services, congresses, discipleship meetings, and home cell groups in 2000, 2003 and 2005 when the interviews and surveys were carried out.\u000ANeuman states that this information through observation permits the researcher to enter into contact with the subjects of the investigation, capture their reality and develop from his own perspective their vision of the world (2000: 370-371). The field observation by listening to people and analysis of the materials are important factors to understand what they are as a church and what they plan to do. Listening to, and understanding from the inside about the development of the work of the NPL, helped in the task of capturing their perception about social issues and how they feel they ought to participate in society.\u000AWritten documentation was collected about doctrinal statements, evangelism and discipleship manuals, magazines, bulletins, pamphlets on special events, periodicals that threw light on the pastors, their churches and their service projects. Documentation on these churches is scarce as they are in the process of developing and do not have documents and files that register discussion on the social theme which is the concern of this investigation. Some radio and television programmes were listened to, the web sites of these churches were accessed, messages of those pastors were listened to, and about eight books written by four of the pastors were read in order to understand the orientation of their messages to the public outside the church.\u000AThe researcher supported his research in a broader context of literature to understand the Neo-Pentecostalism. Neo-Pentecostalism is not only a parochial matter, but also a global phenomenon. In order to deepen the understanding of the NPCs, the investigation included the bibliographic analysis of the Neo-Pentecostal phenomena inside and outside of Latin America. The researcher, during his work trips in different years, also\u000A39\u000A