At Buckingham Chapel, we believe the following in relation to…
The Bible
Its divine inspiration and infallibility as originally given; its authority and sufficiency not only as containing but in itself being the word of God and our sole authority in matters of faith and conduct
God
That He exists eternally in three persons, Father, Son and Holy Spirit; that these three are one God; that He is sovereign in creation, redemption, providence and judgement
Mankind
The sinfulness of human nature as a consequence of the fall in Eden; the necessity of all to be born again
The Lord Jesus Christ
His true and proper deity; His virgin birth; His real and perfect humanity; His vicarious sufferings and death; His bodily resurrection; His ascension into heaven; His present priestly intercession for His people
Salvation
The justification of the sinner solely by faith in the atoning work of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ and His death on the cross
The Church
That the local church consists of all those who have been born again by the Holy Spirit and made new creatures in Christ; that the local church has liberty under the guidance of the Holy Spirit to interpret the laws of Christ, and is thus sufficient under Him for the ordering of its life in obedience to His will.
The Sacraments
In the observance of believers baptism by immersion as a divinely ordained institution, but not as conveying any regenerating grace; the observation of the Lord’s Supper as a commemoration of our Lord’s death, but not as being a sacrifice for sin, nor as involving any change of substance of the bread and wine
Eschatology
In the resurrection of the body; the judgement of the whole world by our Lord Jesus; the eternal bliss of the righteous; the eternal punishment of the wicked; the personal return of our Lord Jesus Christ in glory