St. John's Maroon Church is a Methodist church located in Maroon Town, a district of Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone.^[1] It is one of the oldest churches in the country.^[2]

The Jamaican Maroons were men, women and children, originating from the Jamaica in the Caribbean, who had surrendered at the end of the Second Maroon War in Jamaica.^[1] They had been deported to Nova Scotia by the colonial authorities in 1796.^[1] They were then transported to Freetown in 1800, where their opportune arrival and assistance enabled the authorities put down a rebellion by some of the Nova Scotian Settlers, the founders of Freetown.^[1] They settled down in an area that became known as Maroon Town.^[1]

The Maroons gradually gave up their African beliefs and converted to Christianity.^[1][2] In 1820, they received a grant of land between Percival and Liverpool Street in Maroon Town.^[1] Uncomfortable worshiping in Nova Scotian chapels, a group led by Charles Shaw Harding built St. John's Maroon Church in 1822.^[1] It is a small white building surrounded by a low white wall.^[2]

While the Maroons gradually integrated into Freetown society, many of them continued to attend the church.^[1] They followed their own brand of Methodism and maintained their independence of the Methodist establishment until 1900.^[1][2] The congregation has dwindled, but still survives.^[2] The 200th anniversary of the founding of the congregation of St John's Maroon Church was celebrated in 2007.^[3]

The church was declared a national heritage site in 1956^[1] under the Monuments and Relics Ordinance of 1 June 1947.