The original meeting house was located in the cemetery at the rear of the present church just west of the large cedar tree. In 1852 the first Asbury Church was built and it was lit by the candles of the worshipers which they placed upon the beams of the sanctuary. On Christmas Eve 1860 the church was destroyed by fire. The present Asbury Church was built upon the foundation the burnt church . Constructed by Joseph Endicott Smith it was completed in 1863 and serves the English Creek community today.
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