Digital subscribers can listen to this article. Subscribe today for unlimited access to Texas Monthly. Already a subscriber? Log in. Shenzhen, China, where the members of the Mayflower Church are from, is a crowded city of more than 18 million. It is humid and subtropical, with trees that seem to climb up buildings and a large urban nature reserve where visitors can walk through a lush canopy on a miles-long winding red bridge. Midland, the oil town where the congregation has settled, has a population just shy of 200,000. There is almost no moisture in the air, and the ground strains to produce tufts of anemic grass. The arid landscape can feel hostile: Gangs of prairie dogs peer suspiciously at passing cars.On a Saturday morning in…
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