Street Report, Sunday, July 15th

Christians with Operation Rescue/Operation Save America’s Birmingham outreach lovingly took the message of life, through literature and abortion signs, to our friends - four evangelical churches - this morning. The churches had been sent a packet of information with an invitation to join OSA this week. None had responded to the invitation.

Two of the four, Briarwood Presbyterian and Liberty Church, were in the vanguard of the Rescue movement in 1988-89 and were among five churches sued by an abortion clinic for $50 million. Briarwood won their case but members gave up sidewalk ministry at abortion mills. These churches currently sponsor Save-A-Life crisis pregnancy centers. Members of Save -A-Life are not allowed to participate in street activism …

OSA visitors to Liberty Church’s morning service reported that the church was exceedingly gracious to them. After words of favor from Pastor Bruce Terry, the church’s former pastor spoke welcoming OSA and saying how glad he was that OSA was keeping the plight of the unborn before the public eye. He asked the congregation how many members had been in the 1991 “Rescue.” Several had, including the former pastor. The youth minister said he planned to get with Pastor A.J. Johnson from “Doers of the Word” Church that is hosting OSA’s nightly rallies to see how their youth might participate with us this week.

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