History of BEC - BEChurch

Our History

Knowing how a church started and how it has grown is important in connecting with a fellowship and helps to understanding where it is going in the future. Here's an overview of the road we've walked.

Buckingham Evangelical Church was planted by Bruce Robinson and his wife Bonnie, missionaries from the USA in 1990.

Eighteen years earlier Bruce had planted "New City Baptist Church" in Milton Keynes, now Wolverton Evangelical Church. However, once that work was established, the church there prayerfully considered planting a new church in Buckingham. At that time there was no evangelical witness in the town and local pastoral care was needed both for Christians who were travelling to Milton Keynes to find Christian fellowship and also for the increasing numbers of students coming to study at Buckingham University. And so, on Sunday 3rd June, 1990,

"Buckingham Evangelical Church was founded as an independent body of Christians to meet regularly for God's glory and to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ."

As the church has grown in size we have changed venues to meet the needs of the congregation, having met at various time in the Chantry Chapel, the Radcliffe Centre & Well Street Centre.

Today the church meets in Bourton Meadow Academy, a local primary school on the east side of the town, but our aim is still to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ!