First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has led tributes to an "inspirational" Church of Scotland minister who has died aged 66.

Rev Dr Moyna McGlynn of Govan and Linthouse Parish Church in Glasgow lost her battle against cancer on Friday, August 5.

Ms Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow Southside, tweeted: "So sad.

"Moyna was a real force for good in Govan and she will be sorely missed.

"My condolences to her family."

Mrs McGlynn's funeral will be held this Saturday in Govan Old Parish Church.

It will be conducted by Rev Dr Peter McEnhill of Kilmacolm Old Kirk who knew the minister and her musician husband Brian for nearly 40 years.

Mr McEnhill said: "The untimely death of the Rev Dr Moyna McGlyn has deprived the church of one of its most talented and inspirational ministers of this generation.

"Possessed of a powerful intellect and inquiring mind, Moyna nevertheless exhibited a warm humanity and pastoral sensitivity that won her a place in the hearts and minds of every congregation she served.

"A fine preacher and skilled liturgist, she was passionate about her work and the people she led and achieved great things in difficult circumstances."

Mr McEnhill, Greenock and Paisley Presbytery clerk, said: "Comfortable in her own company to be sure, but she was great fun to be with too with a ready smile and quick sense of humour.

"Moyna and her husband Brian were an engaging couple, stimulating to be with and interested in a wide range of cultural, artistic, musical and theological issues.

"In the late 70s and early 80s they were among the leading figures on the Glasgow evangelical youth scene – operating out of Adelaide Place Baptist Church and including such later luminaries as Tom Morton and Ricky Ross - a bandmate of Brian’s at that time."

Mrs McGlynn trained at Glasgow University and gained a double first in Old and New Testament Honours, winning the faculty prize on the way.

She was inducted into Eastwood Parish Church in Glasgow in 1999 and embarked on a ministry which reached out beyond her own congregation to embrace asylum seekers and refugees.

Not content with a busy and active ministry, Mrs McGlynn completed her PhD there - later published by Mohr Siebeck as Divine Judgement and Divine Benevolence in the Book of Wisdom, 2001.

Mrs McGlynn leaves behind her Husband Brian, her children Aidan, Frankie and Ciaran and four grandchildren.

Mr McEnhill said: "She was devoted to them entirely and they to her. She is sorely missed."