Living | Religion: A growing, changing God lobby in D.C. | Seattle Times Newspaper: It was easy to describe the groups doing this work in the years after World War II. They were "largely denominational,"explained Hertzke, each representing a specific body of believers — Catholics, Jews, Baptists or mainline Protestants, such as Episcopalians, Methodists, Presbyterians and Lutherans.
By the start of the 1970s, evangelicals were gaining power through the growth of nondenominational groups, educational institutions and media ministries. Then Roe v. Wade changed the shape of American politics — especially for evangelicals and traditional Catholics.
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