Deeper Life Bible Church, Glasgow
Denomination: Deeper Christian Life Ministry
Address: 85 Killin Street, Glasgow, G32 9AH
Local Authority: Glasgow
Listing: B
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Church Overview
A richly detailed Gothic church, designed for the United Free Church by Glasgow architect William Forsyth McGibbon, that first opened in 1903. A cluster of shapes and shadows, created by the rich, red sandstone, delights passers-by and enriches the townscape, from its numerous projecting buttresses to the delicate and shallow belfry tower.
The interior, consisting of a nave and aisles, is separated by two rows of columns that lead the eye up to the magnificent open timber roof above. The sanctuary is lit by a delightful quatrefoil roundel clearstory and some excellent stained glass, including windows by Alfred Webster and Gordon Webster. The church also possesses a fine two-manual organ by Lewis & Co that was installed in 1903 and then rebuilt by H Hilsdon in 1965.
In 1929 the United Free Church and Church of Scotland merged and the building was known as Shettleston Old Parish Church until 2016 when it was marketed for sale by the Church of Scotland. Bought by the Deeper Christian Life Ministry, the building was renamed the Deeper Life Bible Church and it is now both the home to a local congregation and it operates as the Scottish headquarters of this international denomination.
McGibbon also built an impressive L-plan hall to the south of the church, with chunky buttresses and an octagonal entrance turret topped with an unusual ship weathervane. Echoing the church in style and size, the former hall became home to the local Romanian Orthodox congregation in 2009, who worship there still.
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Shettleston Old Parish Church, Glasgow
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