Editor’s note: This is the second in a three-part series examining the Latino vote in the 2014 elections. Part 1, published Monday, looks at the wave of Latino millennials coming of voting age who are proving to be a tough group for political campaigns to target. The final part, to be published Friday, explores the impact of the older Latino vote, both newly naturalized and longtime citizens.

LOS ANGELES — The old movie theater on West Adams Boulevard in a historic district that was the hub of black wealth in the ’40s and ’50s hasn’t screened a film in decades. But some days, there are bigger crowds milling about under the marquee than during its heyday.

On a recent Friday evening, cars were double-parked in a large lot that wraps around the side and back of the two-story building. Hundreds of grandparents and toddlers, couples and singles poured in, some stopping for food and drinks in the café next door. Men in suits and others in jeans, women in high heels and others in sneakers, older women in shawls, boys in buttoned-up shirts and young men in trendy skinny pants shook hands in the lobby and greeted each other in Spanish.

Inside, the music was loud, the atmosphere raucous and the crowd emotional. They often stood. There was singing, crying and raising of hands high in the air. On the stage, the pastor’s son spoke passionately in Spanish about life’s ups and downs. A band played, and all of it was simulcast on a big screen.

This was the Friday night service at Iglesias de Restauracion, an evangelical church that has more than 3,000 Latino members. As the midterm elections approach, church volunteers will hold voter registration drives and information sessions. Issues of concern to Latinos will work their way into sermons and group discussions.

“From the pulpit, we’ve talked about what’s really going to change the reality is the vote,” said Pastor René F. Molina, who estimates that 60 percent of his congregation is undocumented but that a third of those here legally are U.S. citizens. “We’ve been seeing an increase in the interest to vote in the last decade.”