Heart Cry endorses the following creed and are pledged thereto in all its functioning:- We believe in God Triune, one Being, three Persons; Father, Son and Holy Ghost (cf.2 Co.13:14)
- We believe that God, the almighty Father, created heaven and all things therein, the earth and all things thereon (Ge.1:1; 2:1,2) and that He maintains it all by his authoritative word (Ps.104:1-35; He.1:3).
- We believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God (John 3:16), who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary (Lu. 1:26-35); who was crucified for our sins and rose again from the dead so that we could be pardoned (Ro.3:24), and that we, by our faith in Jesus Christ our Lord, can have free access to this grace, in which we now stand (Ro.5:1,2); who ascended into heaven to appear before God as intercessor for us (Ac.1:9-11; He.7:25, 9:24) ; from whence He shall come to judge the living and the dead (Mt.25:31-46; Ac.17:30,31).
- We believe in the Holy Spirit (cf. Jn.14:16,17,26; Ac. 5:3), who converts us (Jn.3:5-8) and grants us what we now have obtained in Christ, i.e. the washing and cleansing of our sins and the daily regeneration and sanctification of our lives, until we shall be perfect, when we are set up in eternal life.
- We believe that all of the Scriptures (Old and New Testaments) were divinely inspired and, as such, constitute the infallible Word of God (cf.2Ti.3:15-17).
- We believe that man is, by nature, a child of wrath (Ep.2:3) ,and that he cannot see the kingdom of God, except that he be born again (Jn.3:3-8).
- We believe that God gathers a church for himself by his Word and Spirit (cf. Ac.15:17) and the powers of hell shall not prevail against it (Mt.16:18).
- We believe it pleased God to let the church become visible through offices and ministries (Ac.14:23; Tit.1:5; 1Pe.2:9).
- We believe that, since the beginning, it has been the untransferable duty of the particular office-bearers to prepare the faithful for their service in the edification of the body of Christ (Ep.4:11-16). As an example, the gospel was committed to trustworthy men, who were then able to teach others also (2Ti.2:2).
- We believe that revival always occurs from Above in times of decline (Jn.6:63). It is the Spirit who revives the dead men's bones (Eze.37:1-14), who empowers the faithful to become witnesses unto God everywhere (Ac.1:8), and who is the guarantee that the preaching of the gospel will be blessed (cf. Ac.14:1). God promises the new life when his people ask Him the same in prayer (Ps. 85:6; 2 Chr.7:12-15; Jn.7:7,8; Ja.4:2).
- We believe that true church regeneration (the fruit of revival) is the regeneration of offices, i.e. the particular office and the task of the believer as prophet, priest and king, since the taking of offices always occur in commitment to the local congregation (Ac.20:28; Ep.4:8, 11-16; 1 Pe.2:9)
- We believe that the faithful should be employed in an ecclesiastically structured way, and that they should be allowed to offer themselves for ministerial duties spontaneously. The ecclesiastically structured method and the spontaneous method of the faithful should, like warp and woof in tapestry, be available to serve the Kingdom, if the church wishes to remain truly a church (cf.1Pe.2:9). The ideal congregation functions like a "workshop", where everyone knows his duty and also fulfils it (cf. Jo.15:1-7; 1Co.12:7; 1Pe.4:10,11).
- We believe that intercession, pastoral work and preaching are the actual duty of the church. The duty of the church as an institute and the duty of the church members do not encompass exactly the same field. The office-bearers of the church should attend to the flock (Ac.20:28) and prepare the members for their service (Ep.4:11-16). The church members, on the other hand, have a duty to fulfill in the secular world. This duty is actually unlimited in that it involves being the salt of the earth and the light of the world (Mt.5:13-16) and thereby to represent the new life in Christ all over the world.
- We believe that, although the congregation is thrown on its own resources to be spiritually independent (Ep.4:11-16), it is also Biblically correct that a congregation may receive assistance from the outside, since Timothy was sent to the Thessalonians to fortify them and to encourage them in their faith (1Th.3:2). This assistance from the outside should preferably be rendered at the request of the church council of the local congregation(s).
- We believe that Heart Cry is a friend of the church and, as organization, it can be utilized beneficially by the church or by several churches.
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