However, those numbers have been on the decline, while Protestantism and evangelicalism are on the rise.

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Evangelicalism wanted to open its doors to all believers and it often lacked roots in the traditions of particular congregations.

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Mr Graham founded two of the most powerful organisations in post-war evangelicalism, Christianity Today and the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association.

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Mr Warren took post-war evangelicalism and reshaped it, yet again, for the world of suburban anomie and the search for meaning.

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Latinos, who comprise about one-third of the church, have long been deserting it for evangelicalism, as the many storefront outfits in Hispanic neighbourhoods testify.

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But there are some signs of a growing church-focused evangelicalism.

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