FARGO, N.D.
It was an unexpected twist that led the Rev. Yuanlai Zhang a minister who lived among 13 million others in the hot and humid Chinese city of Shenzhen to start a new life on the sparse and frigid prairie of North Dakota.
But Zhang has become a man of the plains. A Mandarin-language preacher who travels the state with a Bible and a pressed suit, he lives with his wife and toddler in suburban Fargo. He’s the first full-time pastor at the Red River Valley Chinese Christian Church, which was founded five years ago and whose 50-family congregation is the largest Chinese Christian flock in North Dakota.
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Where are Asian American communities growing the fastest? Not California Jaweed Kaleem © (Dan Koeck/For The Times) Shankar Subba owns Himalayan Grocery in Fargo, N.D. Subba runs the store with his parents and three brothers. (Dan Koeck / For The Times)
It was an unexpected twist that led the Rev. Yuanlai Zhang a minister who lived among 13 million others in the hot and humid Chinese city of Shenzhen to start a new life on the sparse and frigid prairie of North Dakota.
But Zhang has become a man of the plains. A Mandarin-language preacher who travels the state with a Bible and a pressed suit, he lives with his wife and toddler in suburban Fargo. He s the first full-time pastor at the Red River Valley Chinese Christian Church, which was founded five years ago and whose 50-family congregation is the largest Chinese Christian flock in North Dakota.
Wuhan
Hubei
China
Dakota-state-university
South-dakota
United-states
New-york
Norway
Malaysia
Red-river
Ohio
Philippines