In 1966 St. James’ Congregational Church closed, and the two congregations merged under the title Hamilton Congregational Church,Harry Escott, A History of Scottish Congregationalism, pub. The Congregational union of Scotland, 1960 agreeing to use the building located in South Park Road. In the closing decades of the twentieth century the Congregational Union of Scotland underwent a number of changes and became The Scottish Congregational Church, before, on 1 April 2000, it united with the United Reformed Church.
