                        Operation RESCUE:  
                     Purpose and Philosophy
        
           ******************************************


      1.  To save the lives of the babies that would otherwise have been 
          killed at the abortion mill had the rescue mission not been 
          conducted.  

      2.  To call the Church to repentance for its silent role in the 25 
          million abortions that have been performed in our country.  
          These abortions have been made possible by the implicit 
          permission, the unthinking cooperation, and the quiet complicity 
          of the Christian community.  The time has come for us to 
          withdraw our consent, refuse to cooperate further, and demand 
          that the killing stop.  

      3.  To remind ourselves that the life of each and every child is a 
          splendid gift from God and should be celebrated as such.  Even 
          if we change the laws of our land, we must still address the 
          spiritual crisis that has led so many mothers to reject their 
          children in favor of the false promises of the world.  When we 
          lose sight of this fact, it is only a matter of time until we 
          lose sight of who God is.  Operation Rescue, as much as anything 
          else, is meant to rescue our sense of God and how He is trying 
          to reveal Himself to us.  

      4.  To establish solidarity with the suffering of the unborn 
          children who are victims of abortion.  We are also committed to 
          reaching out in love to the mothers who have been so damaged by 
          the abortion industry.  

      5.  To demonstrate to the world that we believe the words:  
          "abortion is murder", and that we are ready to act as though we 
          believed them.  


             "Rescue those being unjustly led to the slaughter ..."
                                (Proverbs 24:11)

      ***************************************************************
      <Transcribed from Austin Operation Rescue flyer that was 
       printed Sept. 88>
      

                    Austin Operation RESCUE:  (512)-835-SAVE
                                                    835-7283


******************************************************************************

      
                    Austin Operation RESCUE:  
                             General
             
           ******************************************


      (Dated Sept. 88)
      
          In the last three months, over 4500 people have been arrested in 
      a handful of cities as they participated in rescue missions at 
      abortion clinics.  The purpose of these rescue missions is to block 
      the doorway of the abortion mills, in a peaceful way, and keep the 
      people inside from killing the unborn children.  

          For each of these rescue workers, the time had come for them to 
      put their convenience on the line.  For years, we have been saying 
      that abortion is murder.  These men and women have decided to act 
      like it is murder.  
      
          The problem with this approach is that the laws in America 
      protect the abortionists - not the innocent victims or their 
      defenders.  This leaves the authorities with no choice other than to 
      arrest the rescue workers - even though their only crime had been to 
      try to do what the government has refused to do:  defend the weakest 
      and most innocent human lives.  
      
          America has already seen 25 million abortions.  They have been 
      made possible by the implicit permission, the unthinking 
      cooperation, and the quiet complicity of the Christian community.  
      
          Any building in which abortions are being conducted that does 
      not have a Christian outside registering his or her rejection of the 
      killing could appropriately display a sign that says: 
      
                  ********************************************
                  *  THE ABORTIONS BEING PERFORMED ON THESE  *
                  *  PREMISES ARE APPROVED OF BY THE LOCAL   *
                  *           CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY            *
                  ********************************************

          How much longer can we allow the situation to go unchallenged?  
      
          THE TIME HAS COME FOR US TO WITHDRAW OUR CONSENT, REFUSE TO 
      COOPERATE FURTHER, AND DEMAND THAT THE KILLING STOP.  
      
          During the rescue missions, the abortions slow to a trickle.  
      Would you walk around a paddy wagon, between police barricades, 
      through the glare of TV cameras, and into a group of singing and 
      praying rescue workers, to kill one of your children?  
      
          The authority of the government flows only from the consent of 
      the governed.  If we refuse to be governed by the laws that 
      facilitate these abortions, then the abortions will stop.  
      
          Never has it been more necessary for the Christian community to 
      respond to God's call.  With Operation Rescue, we have the chance to 
      engage the devil in a way that our generation has never before seen 
      him confronted.  What would you have been doing if you had lived in 
      Nazi Germany?  Babies are being killed and we have it within our 
      power to put a stop to it.  
      
          In many ways, all those who call themselves "pro-life" are now 
      being asked to step out in defense of the children that are dear to 
      Our Lord.  When babies are being killed, signing a petition is not 
      enough.  
      
          If you could only see the sight of an abortion clinic surrounded 
      by Christian rescue workers.  In each case, it's as if God has sent 
      angels down to stop the killing.  And the killing stops.  
                                  

        "Whatever you have done unto the least of these my brothers, you 
                     have done it unto Me."  (Matthew 25:40) 

      ***************************************************************
      <Transcribed from Austin Operation Rescue flyer that was 
       printed Sept. 88>


                    Austin Operation RESCUE:  (512)-835-SAVE
                                                    835-7283
