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Lizete Vega, church council president, left, her husband, Delfino Gomez, background center, and the Rev. Hierald Osorto, foreground right, prepare for a taco lunch after Sunday worship at Iglesia Luterana San Pablo in Minneapolis, on Sept. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Giovanna Dell'Orto)

Lizete Vega, church council president, left, her husband, Delfino Gomez, background center, and the Rev. Hierald Osorto, foreground right, prepare for a taco lunch after Sunday worship at Iglesia Luterana San Pablo in Minneapolis, on Sept. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Giovanna Dell'Orto)

Ryan Hanish, center, talks with other congregants at the "Reconciling in Christ" booth during a ministry fair at Transfiguration Lutheran Church in Bloomington, Minn, on Sept. 8, 2024. The group affirms the church's mission of inclusion for LGBTQ+ people. (AP Photo/Giovanna Dell'Orto)

Ryan Hanish, center, talks with other congregants at the "Reconciling in Christ" booth during a ministry fair at Transfiguration Lutheran Church in Bloomington, Minn, on Sept. 8, 2024. The group affirms the church's mission of inclusion for LGBTQ+ people. (AP Photo/Giovanna Dell'Orto)

The Rev. Elise Pokel performs baptisms at Transfiguration Lutheran Church in Bloomington, Minn, on Sept. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Giovanna Dell'Orto)

The Rev. Elise Pokel performs baptisms at Transfiguration Lutheran Church in Bloomington, Minn, on Sept. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Giovanna Dell'Orto)

Congregants walk into Iglesia Luterana San Pablo in Minneapolis for Sunday service on Sept. 8, 2024. A mural was recently completed on the steps and main entrance of the Lutheran church, combining symbols of its historical Swedish heritage with its function today as a center for the Latino community. (AP Photo/Giovanna Dell'Orto)

Congregants walk into Iglesia Luterana San Pablo in Minneapolis for Sunday service on Sept. 8, 2024. A mural was recently completed on the steps and main entrance of the Lutheran church, combining symbols of its historical Swedish heritage with its function today as a center for the Latino community. (AP Photo/Giovanna Dell'Orto)

The Rev. Dustin Haider leads the Sunday service at Holden Lutheran Church near Kenyon, Minn, on Sept. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Giovanna Dell'Orto)

The Rev. Dustin Haider leads the Sunday service at Holden Lutheran Church near Kenyon, Minn, on Sept. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Giovanna Dell'Orto)

The Rev. Hierald Osorto, second left, Lizete Vega, church council president, right, and others present a quilt blanket made at Iglesia Luterana San Pablo in Minneapolis, on Sept. 8, 2024. The Lutheran congregation, founded by Swedish immigrants in the late 19th-century, is now majority Latino and a statue of the Virgin of Guadalupe stands next to its altar. (AP Photo/Giovanna Dell'Orto)

The Rev. Hierald Osorto, second left, Lizete Vega, church council president, right, and others present a quilt blanket made at Iglesia Luterana San Pablo in Minneapolis, on Sept. 8, 2024. The Lutheran congregation, founded by Swedish immigrants in the late 19th-century, is now majority Latino and a statue of the Virgin of Guadalupe stands next to its altar. (AP Photo/Giovanna Dell'Orto)

Large banners featuring congregants, including Lizete Vega, church council president, left, as part of a project on "belonging," adorn one side of Iglesia Luterana San Pablo in Minneapolis, on Sept. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Giovanna Dell'Orto)

Large banners featuring congregants, including Lizete Vega, church council president, left, as part of a project on "belonging," adorn one side of Iglesia Luterana San Pablo in Minneapolis, on Sept. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Giovanna Dell'Orto)

The wife and children of the Rev. Dustin Haider and other congregants walk into Holden Lutheran Church for Sunday worship in the farmland near Kenyon, Minn, on Sept. 1, 2014. (AP Photo/Giovanna Dell'Orto)

The wife and children of the Rev. Dustin Haider and other congregants walk into Holden Lutheran Church for Sunday worship in the farmland near Kenyon, Minn, on Sept. 1, 2014. (AP Photo/Giovanna Dell'Orto)

Holden Lutheran Church stands among cornfields in the farmland outside Kenyon, Minn, on Sept. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Giovanna Dell'Orto)

Holden Lutheran Church stands among cornfields in the farmland outside Kenyon, Minn, on Sept. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Giovanna Dell'Orto)

The Rev. Dustin Haider preaches to the congregation during Sunday service at Holden Lutheran Church, where many in the pews are descendants of the Norwegian families who first established the church in the mid-19th century, near Kenyon, Minn, on Sept. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Giovanna Dell'Orto)

The Rev. Dustin Haider preaches to the congregation during Sunday service at Holden Lutheran Church, where many in the pews are descendants of the Norwegian families who first established the church in the mid-19th century, near Kenyon, Minn, on Sept. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Giovanna Dell'Orto)

Jeff Davidson, a member of Holden Lutheran Church near Kenyon, Minn, walks through the church cemetery where half a dozen generations of his family are buried in the farmland near Kenyon, Minn, on Sept. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Giovanna Dell'Orto)

Jeff Davidson, a member of Holden Lutheran Church near Kenyon, Minn, walks through the church cemetery where half a dozen generations of his family are buried in the farmland near Kenyon, Minn, on Sept. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Giovanna Dell'Orto)