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1994 they bought Channel 27 from the government which they are calling the \u2018Channel of Hope\u2019. This has programmes twenty hours a day and covers the whole of the country.35 According to the pastors the diffusion of the message of the gospel contributes to keeping the society peaceful and reconciled. The economic support for this channel comes from national funds which are obtained through the television marathons which they have every year to celebrate their anniversary.36 This marathon has been questioned because of the emphasis on exchanging spiritual and material blessings as a way of raising funds.\u000A6. The Vision of Faith Church\u000AThe Vision of Faith Church [IVF] is the smallest church of the group. It emerged at the same time along side the other NPCs. It is situated in Zone 13 of Guatemala City and has a small group of affiliated churches within and outside of the country. It was founded by the present pastor who is a graduate in Political Economics with a Presbyterian and Pentecostal background. After having a charismatic experience in 1973 he became a member of the Elim church. This Pentecostal style church was the biggest one in Guatemala City up to that point in time and from it several NPCs have emerged. According to pastor V\u00E1zquez it was in this church that he developed and became a leader. However, years later, he had to abandon the church because of some conflicts with the leadership. In 1986 he founded the IVF with twenty families a church that openly had Neo-Pentecostal signs (P6IVF). According to the pastor the distinctive of his church is the pastoral attention that they were able to give to both the church members and people from outside who looked for it (P6IVF).\u000AAfterwards they initiated cell groups following the G12 (model of the twelve) stimulated by the Colombian pastor C\u00E9sar Castellanos. This plan for growth consists in having cell groups each with twelve people who follow the model of the disciples of Jesus. The aim of these groups is to multiply so that eventually the twelve group members will\u000A35 In the Leaflet of the Multivisi\u00F3n Red Continental de televisi\u00F3n Cristiana v\u00EDa Sat\u00E9lite, Ministerio de Motivaci\u00F3n Cristiana, Guatemala.\u000A36 Every year they have a television marathon in which they raise an average of five million quetzals among the viewers (equivalent to $ 600.000).\u000A80\u000A