God is everywhere—even K Street. According to a new study from the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life, the number of organizations involved in religious lobbying or religion-related advocacy has increased nearly fivefold since 1970. At least 1,000 people work to extend God's influence in Washington, spending at least $390 million a year in the process.

Whose God has the most pull on Capitol Hill? It's unclear: roughly a fifth of the religious advocacy organizations in Washington push issues of concern to the Roman Catholic community, while a similar proportion represent evangelical Protestant interests; 12% are Jewish. And the heavy hitters cover a pretty broad range of religious persuasions:

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