Regular Sunday worship is to end next month at Hyndland Parish Church.
Instead, church-goers will attend services at Broomhill Church on Randolph Road.
The two churches, which are already linked, will enter in to an official union on September 7.
The final regular Sunday service in Hyndland will be on September 3.
The move in Hyndland has been prompted by a shortage of ministry personnel.
Hyndland Parish Church will still be used for occasional services and other activities, according to the Church of Scotland.
RECITALS
The church, which was built in the 1880s, has hosted recitals and school performances.
A spokesman said there were no plans to get rid of the building on Hyndland Road.
“Broomhill Church and Hyndland Parish Church are entering into an official union on Thursday, September 7," said the church spokesman.
“The new congregation will be called Broomhill Hyndland Church.
“Hyndland Parish Church will continue to be used for occasional worship and other activities.
“A final regular Sunday service will be held at Hyndland Parish Church on Sunday, September 3."
The church spokesman added: “Broomhill Church will be the principal place of worship.
“However, both buildings will remain open which will allow the church to have a presence at either end of the parish.
“The two congregations have worked very hard over the last two years to reach this point.”
FALLEN
The merger of the two congregations comes amid falling church attendances across Scotland and the UK.
The number of people who regularly attend church services in Scotland has fallen by more than half over the last 30 years, according to a survey earlier this year.
The 2016 Scottish Church Census published by Brierley Consultancy also revealed that 42 per cent of churchgoers were aged over 65.
Hyndland Parish Church was designed by the Glasgow architect William Leiper.
Its wonderful features include a floodlit timber vaulted interior roof, a gleaming original terrazzo floor, a Henry Willis pipe organ, and a collection of stained glass windows.
* This article has been revised since first publication to make clear that the union of churches is in response to personnel shortages within the ministry, rather than a declining congregation. We are happy to make clear the context of the changes.
