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Slavik Pyzh, the president of the Ukrainian Baptist Theological Seminary in Lviv, Ukraine, stands in the sanctuary of a Baptist church in Arlington, Va., Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Slavik Pyzh, the president of the Ukrainian Baptist Theological Seminary in Lviv, Ukraine, stands in the sanctuary of a Baptist church in Arlington, Va., Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Slavik Pyzh, the president of the Ukrainian Baptist Theological Seminary in Lviv, Ukraine, sits in the sanctuary of a Baptist church in Arlington, Va., Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Slavik Pyzh, the president of the Ukrainian Baptist Theological Seminary in Lviv, Ukraine, sits in the sanctuary of a Baptist church in Arlington, Va., Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Slavik Pyzh, the president of the Ukrainian Baptist Theological Seminary in Lviv, Ukraine, stands in the sanctuary of a Baptist church in Arlington, Va., Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Slavik Pyzh, the president of the Ukrainian Baptist Theological Seminary in Lviv, Ukraine, stands in the sanctuary of a Baptist church in Arlington, Va., Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Slavik Pyzh, the president of the Ukrainian Baptist Theological Seminary in Lviv, Ukraine, stands in the sanctuary of a Baptist church in Arlington, Va., Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Slavik Pyzh, the president of the Ukrainian Baptist Theological Seminary in Lviv, Ukraine, stands in the sanctuary of a Baptist church in Arlington, Va., Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

FILE - Valentina, 53, a local woman, stands inside the Evangelical Christian Baptists prayer house in Orihiv, Ukraine, on Monday, May 22, 2023, which was destroyed the previous day by a Russian attack. (AP Photo/Andriy Andriyenko, File)

FILE - Valentina, 53, a local woman, stands inside the Evangelical Christian Baptists prayer house in Orihiv, Ukraine, on Monday, May 22, 2023, which was destroyed the previous day by a Russian attack. (AP Photo/Andriy Andriyenko, File)

FILE - Local residents receive humanitarian aid from a volunteers in front of the Evangelical Christian Baptists prayer house in Orihiv, Ukraine, on Monday, May 22, 2023, which was destroyed the previous day by a Russian attack. (AP Photo/Andriy Andriyenko, File)

FILE - Local residents receive humanitarian aid from a volunteers in front of the Evangelical Christian Baptists prayer house in Orihiv, Ukraine, on Monday, May 22, 2023, which was destroyed the previous day by a Russian attack. (AP Photo/Andriy Andriyenko, File)

Tony Beam, right, then interim chair of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, offers a prayer for Yaroslav Pyzh, president of the Ukrainian Baptist Theological Seminary, center, after Pyzh addressed commission trustees in Nashville, on Sept. 10, 2024. At left is Brent Leatherwood, president of the commission. (AP Photo/Peter Smith)

Tony Beam, right, then interim chair of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, offers a prayer for Yaroslav Pyzh, president of the Ukrainian Baptist Theological Seminary, center, after Pyzh addressed commission trustees in Nashville, on Sept. 10, 2024. At left is Brent Leatherwood, president of the commission. (AP Photo/Peter Smith)