St. John's Baptist Church, Protestant church in Miami, Florida, United States

St. John's Baptist Church is a Moderne-style church at 1328 Northwest 3rd Avenue in Miami, designed by the firm McKissack & McKissack and completed in 1940. The congregation, founded in 1906 as Second Baptist Church, moved into this larger building under Rev. Jarius Wilkerson Drake after earlier frame structures were damaged by storms in 1926 and 1928.

A small group began worshipping in Miami on June 17, 1906 as Second Baptist Church, led first by Rev. Bynom and then Rev. N.B. Williams. Rev. Jarius Wilkerson Drake took over in 1912 and the congregation grew; storms damaged the early building in 1926 and 1928. The present church, completed in 1940 at NW 13th Street and 3rd Avenue, was designed by McKissack & McKissack in Moderne style and listed on the National Register in 1992.

The congregation's names trace its development: Second Baptist Church from 1906, then St. John Missionary Baptist Church, and finally St. John Institutional Missionary Baptist Church. Under Rev. Thedford Johnson a Fellowship Hall and a Children's Center, formerly the Tot Center, were built, and the church broadcast a radio program from 1977 to 1980.

The church stands at 1328 Northwest 3rd Avenue in Miami, near the corner of 13th Street and 3rd Avenue, within the Downtown Miami Multiple Resource Area. Visitors arriving by car or on foot should confirm service times and office hours directly with the congregation before planning a stop, since the building is an active place of worship rather than a museum.

St. John hosted the National Baptist Convention four times, in 1969, 1973, 1977 and 1982, during Rev. Thedford Johnson's pastorate. Its Baptist Training Union was called the "National Model" by then National President Dr. J. H. Jackson, who noted it as the largest and best in the state for three decades.