| Christ Child | |
| Type: | Sculpture |
| Material: | Portland stone |
| Subject: | Jesus |
| Metric Unit: | cm |
| Imperial Unit: | in |
| City: | London, United Kingdom |
| Coordinates: | 51.5088°N -0.127°W |
| Mapframe: | yes |
| Mapframe-Zoom: | 13 |
Christ Child, also known as In the Beginning or the Millennium Sculpture,[1] is an outdoor sculpture by Michael "Mike" Chapman, located under the portico of St Martins-in-the-Fields at Trafalgar Square in London, United Kingdom. The opening text from the Gospel of John is inscribed around the sculpture: "In the beginning was the word and the word became flesh and lived among us".[1] Chapman has said of the sculpture: "For the millennium I was commissioned to produce a sculpture to be placed in Trafalgar square, during Christmas prior to the celebrations. It seemed to me that a tiny life-size baby carved from stone in such an enormous environment would be the best way to remind us all of just whose birthday we were celebrating. In a 4.5 tonne block of Portland stone, this work can be found at the entrance to the church."[2] It has been called "strikingly modern".[3]