Pentecostalism grew in Argentina in the 1980s, the ‘lost decade’, a period of economic recession and impoverishment of the middle and low sectors of the Argentinian social structure. For some of those who were experiencing a strong process of socio-economic decline, pentecostalism served as a strategy of survival both material, psychological and anxiety. Similar phenomena were found by other researchers in other Latin American countries, such as Chile and Brazil. However, the limits that pentecostalism could have as a survival strategy have not yet been studied. For this reason, this work explores both the potential and limiting costs of pentecostalism. Thus, on a material level, pentecostalism is of benefit only to those sectors at the lowest levels of the social structure, in terms of psychological and anxiety, pentecostalism encounters difficulties in resolving crises in which women must participate in the labour market, and tends to blame actors themselves when their traditional methods of assistance fail, aggravating the psychological damage caused by the decline in social.Pentecostalism grew in Argentina during the 1980s, the ‘lost decade’, a period of economic decline and impoverishment of the middle and lower clauses. For some of these experiences Downward social mobility, Pentecostalism represented a material, as well as a psychological and emotional development strategy. This type of enterprise has been found by other researchers in other Latin American countries such as Brazil and Chile. However, there has been no anticipated research on the limits of Pentecostalism as a survival strategy. This article will explore the possible limits of this religion as a source of emotional, material and psychological help, as well as the possibilities that Pentecostalism may offer the poor. According to our findings, as a material strategy Pentecostalism is suitable only for being found at the lower levels of the social ladder. With regard to emotional and psychological strategies, Pentecostalism grants problematic when women must participate in the labour market. Also, when Pentecostall’s traditional methods for facing critical situations failing, Pentecostalism tends to lay the blame on the current people in crisis. This grievances the emotional and psychological stress of those ready facing critical times