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200 years and counting: This Murrayville church celebrating centuries of worship

Yellow Creek Baptist Church in Murrayville, pictured here in 1980, was founded Jan. 18, 1823. - photo courtesy Briston Chester

01182023 YELLOW 1.jpg — Yellow Creek Baptist Church in Murrayville, pictured here in 1980, was founded Jan. 18, 1823. - photo courtesy Briston Chester

The United States of America will turn 247 years old on Independence Day, July 4. Yellow Creek Baptist Church in Murrayville has been around nearly as long.