St John the Baptist Church, Christchurch, Anglican church in Latimer Square, Christchurch, New Zealand

St John the Baptist Church stood on Latimer Square at 234 Hereford Street, Christchurch. The Gothic Revival stone building, designed by Maxwell Bury with Benjamin Mountfort, had a low Norman-style tower and a polygonal apse, while an open timber roof dominated the interior. It was the first Anglican church in Christchurch built of permanent materials.

Benjamin Mountfort and Maxwell Bury designed the building, which opened in 1864 and was consecrated in 1865. The structure served the community for over 100 years until it was destroyed by a major earthquake in 2011.

The church's name day was fixed to the Nativity of John the Baptist, 24 June, when the foundation stone was laid in 1864; consecration followed on 27 December 1865, the feast of St John the Evangelist. Freemasons took part in the foundation ceremony, and a stained-glass window commemorated Octavius Mathias, first chaplain of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Canterbury. The congregation now meets as Latimer Church in St Albans.

The original site is no longer accessible as the building was completely demolished after the earthquake. A replacement structure now stands in its place and can be visited in the Latimer Square area.

The Transitional Cathedral on the site, designed by Shigeru Ban, is built from cardboard tubes and shipping containers. The congregation that once worshipped at St John's now meets as Latimer Church in St Albans, so the parish survives away from Latimer Square.