Protestant church rising in war, but U.S. aid crucial, Ukraine delegation tells ERLC

ERLC Vice President and Chief of Staff Miles Mullin, third from right; and Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee Vice President for Convention Administration Jonathan Howe, head of table, host Ukrainian delegation members and others, from left, Slavik Pyzh, president of Ukrainian Baptist Theological Seminary; Oleksii Boiko, head of the Chernivtsi Supreme Regional Council and speaker of the Congress of the Chernivtsi Province; Missions Eurasia Communications Manager Inna Sinkevych; Oleksandr Shkuridin, congressman and head of the Interfactional Fraction of the Chernivtsi Province Congress; Vyacheslav Nahirniak, pastor of First Baptist Church in Chernivtsi and deputy bishop of the Evangelical Baptist Union of the Chernivtsi Oblast; and Mission Eurasia President Sergey Rakhuba. (Photo by Diana Chandler)
NASHVILLE (BP) -- The Protestant Church, seen as “a fringe” denomination in mostly Orthodox Ukraine, has gained traction and respect for its humanitarian aid during Russia’s war on Ukraine, a delegation of governmental and religious leaders said during a visit here.