BI exists to promote the Christian Religion as set out in the doctrines and liturgy of the Church of England, by fostering a better understanding and practice of the administration of the sacrament of baptism in that church.  It has four aims: 

      to bring to an end the indiscriminate administration of infant baptism,

      to demonstrate that baptism is the sacrament instituted by Christ for those becoming members of the visible church,

      in a spirit of loyalty to the traditions of the Church of England, to seek to clarify the provisions relating to the administration of baptism in the canon  law  of  the  Church  of England in the light of a true theological understanding of the responsibilities thereby undertaken, and

      to promote within the Church of England legitimate debate and review of the biblical, theological, pastoral and evangelistic aspects of Christian initiation.

 BI affirms the propriety of baptizing the infants of practising Christian believers and also of deferring baptism until later years.  

BI also affirms  the relevance and value of the Service of Thanksgiving for the Gift of a Child (added to our constitution in 2008)