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Pentecostal world, and the developments created by one hundred years of Protestant history.\u000A4. Exogenous factors\u000AThe advance of Guatemalan NEOP was helped by an exchange with other Neo- Pentecostals abroad. They emerged under the influence and cooperation of churches, evangelists and para-ecclesiastic ministries from the United States and Latin-American countries. The Verbo [ICV] churches were born as a direct fruit of work of the missionaries of Gospel Outreach from the United States. The first church they established was made up of a few North American and some Guatemalan families. Several years later the leadership, organization, development, and expansion of these churches was assumed by the Guatemalans. Churches around the ICV Ministry always maintain some type of exchange of ideas, resources and personnel with the North American churches.\u000AThe Shaddai Church [ESH] has very close ties with many churches within and outside of the United States. They have a close relationship with Oral Robert University in Tulsa, Oklahoma as well as with other churches linked to the church growth movement. The \u2018Lluvias de Gracia\u2019 [LDG] church has had links about cell group ministry with the Elim church of El Salvador and later with other churches. The rest of the churches also have their own links especially with North American, Argentinean, Brazilian and Colombian churches and their leaders.\u000AGuatemalan NEOP is part of the global Charismatic Movement. Peter Wagner calls the emergence of these churches \u2018the third wave\u2019 of revival by the Holy Spirit (Wagner in Amat & Leon 1997:10). The first wave is attributed to Pentecostal renovation at the beginning of the twentieth century. It is identified as the origin of Pentecostalism which started with the revival in Azusa Street. The second wave is associated with the\u000A68\u000A