McPhail Memorial Baptist Church
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McPhail Memorial Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Ottawa, Canada. It is located on Bronson Avenue at Lisgar Street in the west of Downtown. The church was founded in 1888 as an offshoot of First Baptist Church. Its current home was completed in 1893. It is one of Ottawa's best known examples of late-nineteenth century revivalist architecture. The church is named after Rev. Daniel McPhail who served as a minister and itinerant preacher in the Ottawa area for many decades. He died in 1874.
In 1990 the church was the center of some controversy when the congregation fired Minister Rudy Pohl when he delivered a sermon criticizing homosexuality, despite internal division over an openly gay member of the congregation.
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